Stress fracture

The shadows of dusk are reaching for me

To blind me with darkness and set me free

Oh! How I long to be 

In a place where I can finally breath

Where no longer the pain can erode

The very essence of my tired soul

The tears in my eyes have long since fell

As I step out beyond the pale

Long have I sat without someone’s touch

As my pain now becomes my crutch 

As much as I want this all to end

I know now another night

Is around the bend….