DEEP ROOTED

DEEP ROOTED

The problems we hold onto

So way deep, deep inside

They pull us down and down

Side to side

We don’t let them go

We hang onto them like a treasured gem

Afraid of what might happen

With the deep, deep rooted core

What’s more?

They won’t let go of us

We lug them around

We try to toss them aside

But once more we glide

Down on a helter skelter ride

To the slippery sliding deep rooted

Chasm and abyss

Where fighting is amiss

You struggle each day

You struggle each night

The day turns to night

The night turns to day

The deep root is still there

Whichever way you turn

You yearn you want

You need

You cannot get

But yet

It is obvious

You just cut it loose

This noose

This Ruse

This subterfuge

It’s all in the mind

But feels so real

Real as real

Can be

They straggle

They haggle

They make deals with your soul

Your feelings

Your passion

Your compassion

You scream

You holler

CRYING OUT LOUD!

Let me go

Only you can let go

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

5^th December 2015

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