Inundated

Its hard to stay close

When inside there is so much fear

Its difficult to find comfort

When its hard to get near

To those who don’t even suppose

To know how you feel

And in the empty spaces you fall through

Hoping to be seen

Can you trust that someone is there

And is able to catch you

To notice that the breath was stolen from you

While all around the ground was shaken

By the terrible cataclysm

In this state of mind

Its impossible not to feel that everything

Is mistaken

As on your bed you lie

Struggling to wake

As all around you wild waves crash

Thoughts that toss and turn

Telling you this and then that

Or maybe something else

Entirely different

Its so hard to be close at times

When this wild tide

Laps higher and higher

Inundating the dry land

That come to think of it now

Never truly provided any real safety

From the tumult of others