Empty
My heart is weighed down
With heavy regret
That cannot be relieved
My soul is slowly drowning
In unshed tears
Unable to reach for hope

My heart aches severely
Lashed again and again
With misplaced blame
My feet drag as I walk
Aimlessly with no goal
No destination to aim towards

My heart screams unheard
With words I can not express
And yet need to get out
My head swirls dizzily
As thoughts twist about
Tying themselves in knots.

My heart struggles uselessly
As anxiety tears at it
Trying to get free
And oh
Oh how it hurts
To need to be heard
When there is no one
With ears to listen
To the words I cannot speak.

*note, written shortly after comforting a patient about a good friend who committed suicide.