Alone

Sitting in my chair

My eyes transfixed

Upon the screen in my hand,

No one would know

That my heart were beating

A rhythm untamed.

A tear escapes

And slides down my cheek.

My chest is tight

As if a weight has been placed upon me.

I’m drowning.

I’m battling to breathe.

I’m screaming in my head at the top of my lungs

But no one hears me.

I feel invisible.

I’m the rock.

The one to be leaned on.

How did this crack appear?

Quickly. Patch it up.

I cannot fall apart.

It’s not my turn.

Sometimes I don’t want to be the one

Holding all the broken pieces together

And healing all your wounds.

I want to show you mine

And have you heal them.