stagnant

there is a dead fish in the water and the blue has turned red

the birds will not land here and the scent fills me with dread

the horizon distorted by a vapor, a gas reeking thick

I can barely breathe here as the fumes of death consume the air

I must look beyond the tragedy of this and flee from the pain which rests

the scale of this misery is undefined but it has certain endings which I do defy

I must leave this black, I must go to no where fast

I need a piece of my mind that will rescue me from this darkness

I must find, I must find a way to break that window and fly away

the burden keeps pulling me down, the guilt dragging my heart through this and poisoning all that I am