Sonorous
You will never understand how much I feel
Dancing in the water I drown in
Sinking until I hit the floor
There is so much more
More that I should say
So maybe I should snap this pen
Let my fears all float away
Because I don’t think Im okay
I choke on my tears
All the sound fills my ears
As the salt builds in me
Holds me stiff as a tree
Rooted in the uncertainty of everything
I am gone
I float away in the words you say
Weighted to the ground
I cry out
Will I find peace someday
In the heaviness of my big sea
I can’t walk
I can barely fucking breathe
So someone let me out of me
So maybe I can finally be free
Of all I am
And all I know I will never be
Because I am too much
And freedom is a faraway gift
I know I will never receive
As I am too much
For all of them and all of me
Giving and giving I give
But when will I ever receive
My sorrow picks away at me
Like the scabs on my arms
I pick and I pick
Until maybe you would want me
Small enough to fit in your hand
Tuck me away until your not okay
Then you will understand
Understand how big you can become
When you try and stay small for so long
Now you can’t breathe
And you got so mad at me for being too big
When I was really just free
Free to be all I am
Without fear of you judging me
But now I'm too small for anyone to ever see
To heavy to live
So I just sink
From the salt that weighs my bones
To the roots that hold me down
I hope I am small enough for you now
So feel free to leave me
And let me lay here
And drown
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