Burdens

Reading the past
Memories flow like a river
Happiness, Joy, Purity
Oh the innocence and faith

Where are you now?
Darkness fills your being
And it drags you down
The weight is too heavy to bear.

Yet you cling to the weight
This weight that drowns
Why won't you let go?

So easy it seems
To let go and float.
Float to the top for air.

Yet the air continues
To burn in your lungs
Your body fights to stay alive
Yet you cling to this deadly weight.

The memories of happiness
Seem so very distant
So very unreachable.

And yet all that remains
is to let go of that weight
that you so desperately cling to.