• It hurts to breathe,
    It hurts to think
    I run as fast as I can
    I run away
    Away from the problems
    Away from the ones that hurt me
    I listen to the sound of my shoes
    As they beat at the pavement
    It hurts to breathe…
    I glance to my side and see them;
    My problems
    They smoothly follow me
    Effortlessly
    I can’t get away from them
    Finally I trip and fall
    I roll over and stare up at the sky
    The pain surrounds me now
    It hurts to think
    “Get up,” a beautiful voice whispers.
    I’m too distracted by my pain
    I don’t notice the beauty
    “Get up.”
    I shake my head. “I can’t.
    It hurts to breathe,
    It hurts to think.
    Please God, let me fall asleep
    And never awake.”