Stand

It’s hard to stand up,

I cannot stand up.

I’m down.

This weight is on top of me.

It blankets me.

Keeps me down.

I cannot stand up.

I’m trying to sand up.

But I am down.

And down I am.

With my might I try.

To stand tall and strong.

But I am down.

And down I am.

Stand I cannot.

No longer I stand.

I sink.

Sinking deeper.

In the depths of despair.

I’m down.

Can’t stand.

Stand I try.

But I am down.

Down in the earth.

A sunken rock.

Lost ship at sea.

Rotted down.

Succumbed to my infection.

No longer here.

No longer standing.

© 2006 David Greg Harth

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