Daggers.

Anxiety is when
sirens lock me
inside and I
turn your melodies
up so this
silence is not
a burden,

so I don't hear
you as you race
on gravel roads
to rescue

(what I cannot).

"Keep him safe,
keep him safe, Lord.
That's all I care
to pray, anymore."

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Written 4/25/15 @ 10:18 PM