An Ode to Heavy Hearts and Soft Mornings

My chest is heavy, 

The anxiety settling in like an anchor
Weighing me down.

I can’t breathe easy, 

Every inhale fighting against me 

Every exhale feels so hard. 

How do I go on, how do I continue? 

Life stops for no one, 

And I can’t give up right now. 

Duties, responsibilities, needing my presence everyday, 

I have to fake it till I make it,

I tell myself I can. 

Even though my chest feels so tight, 

And my smiles don’t bring out my light,

I know that one day I might

Be free of this tiring circle I ride. 

The hope keeps me going, 

Hopes for a soft life one day,

When the only thing that’s worrying 

Is if I should head to the beach today.