Burdens

Someday I’ll be able

To stop overthinking

To put aside the worries and cares

Even just for a moment

To shut off and unwind

But today is not that day

With all this running around in my head

That I can’t escape

Maybe some part of me

Lives for the drama

And insanity of it all

But I’d really prefer

Not to feed the voices

In the back of my head

I’d rather be happy

I’d rather be free

I’d rather be able to do what I want

And not have to think of everyone else

Just once, can’t I cast off

The weight of responsibility

And thoughts of the future

And just let go?

Just once can’t I focus

On what I want

And not what I should do?

Or am I doomed

To carry the burdens

Of everyone else

With more importance and weight

Than my own?