Sorrow's Lack Of Boundaries Poem by Jayne Doe

Sorrow knows no boundaries
As it slings its heavy arm around me
Despite my many attempts
At shrugging it off.

Soon it is caressing me
As I try to shy away
While discovering there is no escape
From its embrace.

It's got me backed into a wall
And I'm asking it to stop
With a 'no' which may as well
Have never been said.

I'm smothered by its weight
As it crushes up against me
And I have no choice but to succumb
To the power it has over me.

I feel it as it touches me
In places I never knew existed
And I pray for it to end
As I can no longer stand it.

It takes me a moment to realize
That my eyes have been paved shut
Until an eerie silence fills the air
As I slowly open my eyes again.

I am surprised to see
A room as empty as me
Though I feel its presence lingering
As thought it never really left.

It's in my heart
My mind, my soul
Don't let its absence fool you-

For it never really goes.