Let Me Live

Life's haze is pressed around me.
My problems suffocate, choke and condemn me.
I open my mouth to scream.
But no sound comes forth.

Trying to breathe is pointless.
Every gasp an unbearable effort.
I claw helplessly at my neck.
Breaking the fragile skin.

I stumble through the fog.
Hoping someone will save me from myself.
But I can't see through the gray world.
I'm blind to all but my sufferings.

I can hear the voices; laughing.
Mocking my with my downfalls and faults.
I cover my ears to block it.
But it still comes through.

A tear falls from my eye.
I don't know why I even try.
I seem to walk in circles.
My days blend seamlessly together in a blur.

I beg for anything. Love, pain, happiness.
Everything eludes me! I'm hopeless.
My heart pleads to beat for something.
Any passion or excitement.

But I am denied all of this.
I try to blink away my storm.
I don't want to wander through life.
Give me a purpose to live for.

Something, anything, to grasp onto.
I want to love, hate, feel anger!
Anything at all will do.
Put a fight in me that won't be quenched.

Make my blood boil and my heart race.
Let life come to my eyes.
A song to my lips.
Let me live.