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“Baggage” Poem


I carry my baggage with me,

heavy

as It drowns me,

Deeper-down-deeper

to the place I try to forget.


I’m tired

And I can no longer

Wonder-Aimlessly-Wonder

With this burden

On my shoulders.


But what’s inside?

My thoughts,

My dreams,

My aspirations?


My thoughts,

they over power

my dreams.

My aspirations,

that white light

greets me with open arms.

I can see it,

As it calls my name

but I can no longer

reach it.


I will empty my baggage,

No longer drowning,

Reaching-higher-reaching

Until I am no longer immersed

In negative

Thoughts

Dreams

And aspirations.


This weight will gently

Be lifted,

Off my shoulders and

I will breathe…