Eating Away At You

(2/6/11) I was feeling choked up inside Looking for something that I could not find. You feel like your chest is about to burst And every second that passes it gets much worse. How do you stop this pain that’s Eating away at you And there is nothing that you can do. The pain starts at the pit of your stomach And works its way to your heart Yanking, and pulling, and tearing it apart. Your mind is running a thousand miles a minute Wondering what’s causing it, what is in it. Why do you feel like you want to cry And it is something that you know you must hide. No one can see what you are going through Because this is something that has Never happened to you. How can you explain to others What you yourself do not understand Who is to help, who can give a hand. Some may say it is depression And that’s the reason you want to cry But they can not feel it, and they Can not look inside. I believe it to be all the human emotions Straining to be free. And one by one They choose to gnaw at me. Love, joy, sorrow, and hate Just to name a few, all of them gnawing Doing what they have to do. Then came the realization that I’ve Been searching for. This is one of the crosses that In this life we must bare. And like millions of others This we all share. Now I feel elated, because now I understand And now I can see All of the beauties that GOD has laid In front of me. (through struggles we become strong)