The heat of a hundred suns The weight of a thousand worlds The sad, slow slide into darkness. There's no handholds in the wall No ledge to catch me as I fall. My body grows numb as the light grows dim Fog fills my mind and all focus is lost But there's so much more. I have no control Thoughts that aren't mine scream through my head And yet, not louder than the pain. It pulls at every tendon Every muscle stretched beyond its limit Hard as rock It never stops And nothing ever fixes it. I slip down farther My heart gets harder The pieces left are turning to ash. I thought when it got shattered It couldn't get any worse. Every time another little heart stopped I thought surely mine will too. Piece after piece, as history repeats I go farther into the deep. Melynda Hoeksema
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