The ache

[Feeling down]

What do you do when you feel
Like your world has fallen down
How can I get myself
up off the ground
Shake myself... and ignore
that ache in my throat
that threatens to choke.

I don't want to survive....
I just want to run and hide my face
and wait till the tide of misery
ebbs away.... so I can face
another day.

The snow gently falls
and coats my world
in layers of frosty white
.... and no matter how I might
fight and scrape it off,
more snow seems to fall
.... and my fight is in vain.

The people looking on
see a smooth world of crystal beauty
while under the surface of the snow
the digger scrapes .....
... and aches with the pain
of broken bloody fingers
that are the only tool
that can move the deadly snow. 

© Ian Croft February 2019