My Life in a Poem

by Leah Renee
(Illinois)

Incandescent pessimistic thoughts tornado through the crevasses of my head, destroying any content feelings left in my hollow soul. The life slurped up and away from my frail vessel of a body. Minutes feel like hours and weeks feel like years, time achingly dragging me along. The only thing that keeps me trudging through the molasses of existence is the mere thought of my family and friends enduring the distress of a loved one who has diminished and crumbled from their nurturing caress.