when you are stuck in the groove

and wearing down

the walls to growing higher

when hearing is elusive

and feeling is all too much

when the world demands

and there is nothing left to give

not even to yourself

when there are days like

lived with stars

and days of drift too far away

let my heart be still and calm

to hold what I can near

and keep it safe

not as the storm

but shelter from the volatility

of cold