Once More

 Once More

When you try.

And try.

And try and try.

Then they tell you that you try too hard each time.

And their words always makes the memories rewind.

So you try not to care.

Cold and emotions laid bare.

But you don't know how to not keep on trying.

You tread water - Drowning? Striving?

You swing from one side to the other.

Desperately escaping the thoughts that continue to smother.

The pendulum is slicing you apart.

And your central core burns like a candle wick heart.

And your stifled voice soon starts screaming,

The effort and strain are wounds still bleeding.

Again those hot tears leak and fall.

And you feel yourself just break from it all.

In the aftermath you get off the floor,

And pull the pieces back into place once more