I’m drawing a blank
I can’t think straight
The knot in my chest tells me
I’m getting stressed out
Over what?
I have no idea
Could be anything

The weather
The house
The kids
The life

It’s wrapped in around me
Choking the life
Right out of my lungs
Making them strain against
The weight
Of not knowing who I
Really am

The tears are burning my eyes
But they won’t fall
I must keep up the act
Damn
I just want to be
…me