Hey readers! This week, I wanted to try to personify feelings that weigh us down. While this piece doesn't specifically focus on one emotion or state-of-being in general, I focused on what it can do to the spirit. There will be times when you are left trapped by what you feel, but please always know that I believe in you. I cannot place myself in everyone's shoes, but understand that my writing will be here to help break the confines of any bad emotions holding you down. There is never an easy or correct way of reassuring anyone during their time of struggle but I'll always remind you: Keep going.
There was a point where she
Felt she was falling
The cracks began to edge her
Until she knew she would be alone
The dark vastness welcomed her
Wholly and eagerly
She shoved it, but soon
Allowed it to comfort her
'What else can keep me feeling?'
It was warm at first,
Cocooned in place where nothing could feel
Sad again or likewise
But the longer she stayed
The colder this place began to feel
It was heavy
It was suffocating
It wasn't where she wanted to be
So, she shoved again
Only this time, she won
She was free
It was sort of like flying
So full of nothing but anticipating everything
The world convinced her
She couldn't fly above the clouds
Mountains
Oceans
And all that kept her held
But, here she was, wings
All spread about
And ready to break
Free
For the feeling she thought
She could never have
Bloomed within her
Absolutely
How good it felt
How liberating to be
The person that seemed to disappear
With all of the same passions and joys
The "her" she remember began to breathe
It was like watching stilled art come to life
And art, she was
Creating her world again
Molding her soul once more
Painting her spirit anew
Free art in the finest form
Ever growing through mounds of uncertainty
But now, she had wings
These to truly set her colorful art
Free
Totally and absolutely