All These Words | A Poem by Halkren

The sky is blue

The flowers bloom

The tree casts a shadow that cools me

The woodpecker pecks and pecks looking to feed

The stars in the sky can be counted to pass the time

I think over and over never endless thoughts flood my mind

I try to hard to calm these sounds bouncing around inside my skull

Where is the relief?

Where is the calm before the storm?

I shout

I pray

I beg for silence but here I stay as if it were the norm

If this is the calm then I can only wonder if the storm will land or pass me by

All of this keeps me awake all night

All of this blinds my sight

How will this all end?

I can practically see it around the bend

Here it comes, here's the end

Will I bend? or will I break...?

Please tell me now before my mind finally escapes.