Nothing in My Power

Worried to death

Take one more breath

Body’s turning pale

Just inhale . . . exhale

Remind myself to breathe

Allow myself to grieve

I can’t let this fear

Consume me here

My life’s coming unwrapped

I feel like I’m trapped

In this sphere of sorrow

But I can’t let it show

Must hold composure

I need some closure-

that I know will never be received

I trusted, I believed

Now I feel a bit like Job

Under a working strobe

Moving in slow-motion

Drowning in life’s ocean

Getting thrashed by the waves

Needing to be saved

But left on my own

Getting brutally thrown

Whichever way the wave goes

Or whichever way life blows

Need a shoulder to cry on

Or just someone to listen

But there’s not even one

I have no one

There’s nothing I can do

No route to pursue

Just focus on air

And a sincere prayer

Constantly on my tongue

And breath in the lung

I can’t feel this empty

Let this pass from me

Inhale . . . exhale

I will prevail.