My heart is too heavy

My heart is too heavy
Like a stone in my chest
It weighs me down
As I search for rest

Like weights on my ankles
Like binds on my soul
It ties me down
It keeps me from being whole

And as I try to get up
From this prison of a bed
I’m pulled back down
By the demons in my head

It’s a struggle just to breathe
Like drowning in blood
Trying to stay afloat
In this current, this flood

This burden is too great
To bear by myself
If only someone would take it
So I could know how it felt

To be free of this weight
To be free of my pain
To let go of my hurt
To be released from this bane