Breathing Under Water Poem by Gainor Ventresco

I don't want to be so crazy
Can't stand to feel this murky blue wave slide over my mind
pulling me down into the dark and haunted places
The fear that binds me
angry anxious tears that choke me
just another way to undermine and falsify my true beliefs
another slippery stepping stone
slows me from reaching the light on the other side
self doubt burns me raw
exposes my weakness
making me vulnerable, naked, untrusting

Deep within lays the answer to a prayer
gentle rain for an arid heart