Hopeless Nights

As I lie awake at night, my mind is filled with all my anxieties.

A burning feeling in my chest starts to grow.

I have a constant need for air as if with every inhale there is no oxygen.

I feel the tears beginning to fall down my cheeks, and there is no stopping the pain.

The pain that begins to to rise in my heart.

Alone in a Lacuna, with no one to hold me.

These hopeless nights make me stronger because no matter how long the pain lasts,

there is always a calm after the storm.

These hopeless nights come and go, but when I come out of it,

I am valorous.