I’m feeling some distress

I watch the news

Waiting for something

To raise my spirits

It’s in contrast to the pain,

That dread,

That sinking feeling,

Draining my spirit.

If anything remotely

Troublesome happens to my 

Personal welfare,

I’m even then tossed

Further down a valley

Of confusion.

I’m looking for

Anything to shake the pain.

I’m convinced it will

Permeate every aspect 

Of my life.

I’ll live out the dream

Of someone else,

Not my desire,

Not the world I believe

I exist in.

This is a world

Leaves me nervous

On top of the anxiety

Already exists

In my daily life.

Peace.