Tortured Soul

Tortured soul,  when the realization hits you

 like a ton of bricks, head on 

You feel like a freight train has taken over 

and it’s running you down 

but there’s nothing you can do to get out of the way.

 Life is supposed to be better than this, 

empty promises as deep as a well 

Lost dreams as vast as a 

 the ocean  and  as faraway from reality

as the moon

my soul is absolutely terrified 

How could I have been so foolish?

Lynn West (2023)