I feel my knees wobble
As my breath shakes
With each ragged intake
Of tainted air.
I lack the strength
To keep the tears from falling,
My weakness penetrating
Through a stitched on smile.
I curl into a ball,
Hugging my knees to my chest
In an attempt to silence
The screaming emotions.
I run outside, far, far away,
My tears freezing and stinging
My cheeks in the biting night breeze,
My lungs burning for oxygen.
I scream into the sky,
One so familiarly dark,
And ask for someone
To give me strength that is so desired.
