Catharsis
Beneath the skin a tempest brews A restless force no soul can refuse It coils tight a serpent’s grasp A weight of years a muted gasp The heart a vault of buried cries Holds secrets veiled in shadowed skies Each pulse a plea each breath a fight A prisoner locked in endless night The mind replays what hands can’t mend A thread of grief that knows no end Old wounds fester raw and deep A vigil kept in sleepless sleep The tongue grows heavy words unsaid A chorus of ghosts a choir of dread Yet still it builds this silent roar A tide that crashes on the shore Through trembling limbs the storm ascends A force too vast to make amends It claws its way from depths unknown A primal wail a jagged tone The dam gives way the flood unfurls A torrent spins in chaotic swirls Tears carve rivers fierce and wild A cleansing born of inner child The pen may bleed the voice may break Each note a risk each line a stake A canvas slashed with hues of pain A dance of loss in pouring rain The body bends the spi...