Out of Balance

Sometimes the screams are deafening

It doesn’t matter if I cover my ears

The cries refuse to abate

And once again I am reduced to tears

I close my eyes, clasp my hands in prayer

I find I can not rise from my knees

Claustrophobic from the cocoon I’m in

Unable, it seems, to even breathe

To stand on my own I must rise from my knees

To take a breath when I can not breathe

I greet each day though I fear what it holds

I take what is given, too weak to be bold

With everything out of balance how can I stand

Is peace and contentment not in this earthly plan

I can not breathe when drowning in pain

And happiness is all I’ve wished to attain

Some days the anger causes me to fight

Determined my efforts will make things right

But failure and sorrow takes such a toll

And faith is shaken in my very soul