The Weight On My Shoulder Poem by Alfred Ramos

The weight on my shoulder
Feels like a large boulder
How do I explain?
This world of pain
I think I’m scared of you
What you could put me through
It’s what I get for following you
The desire that was swallowing you
This burden I can’t carry anymore
I can’t feel what’s hiding behind your door
I’ve gotten too close to the flame
I don’t even want to say your name
I can’t lift you any higher
I’ll lose my balance off the high wire
All my senses are off the charts
And I can’t find anyone to trade hearts
The weight on my shoulder
Feels like an iceberg getting colder
It’s a sad refrain
Have I a broken brain
You tore out the core of my soul
Sent into space out of control
Now I deader than dead
I will forever sleep on an empty bed
Jump into a wishing well of dread
What whirlpool must I tread
The weight on my shoulder
Tells me I can’t hold her
Chains that bind me
Serve only to remind me
What’s done is done
Was I ever the chosen one
What depths must I travel
How many knots must I unravel
The weight on my shoulder
Makes me unwise, makes me older