Jungle Of Madness Poem by Jaxie Simpson

My heart aches.
I don't know why.
I want to share with the world
My confusion and despair.
Maybe then I'll get what I need.
Who knows, I don't.
It doesn't matter
then again it does.
I'm not sure of anything anymore.
I can't see through the fog and haze.
My mind is a jungle.
It's filled with many things.
I have too many plants
and not enough rain.
I feel hot from the sun
and lost from the trail.
What trail?
There never was one.
Or am I just forgetting
where I came from?
Who knows, I don't.
I am alone right now.
Though I know it will end
I don't know when.
I'm not sure how long I've been here,
nor how much longer I can go.
I'm lost in a jungle of madness.
It's not broad enough to be the sea.
Sometimes I wish I was drowning,
Instead of fighting for survival here.
Maybe then I could see the sky.
At least the stars could guide me.
But here I feel trapped.

January 16th 2015