The Nineteenth Poem- Breathless For Breakthrough

 😢Breathless For Breakthrough🚣

Can I trust myself,

To get me out of here?

Or do I need to ask for help?

'Cause I am bound in fear.

I am awfully stuck in this,

Feels like it will be forever.

I cannot see through this,

I desperately want it to be over.

Silently expecting help,

But trying not to be desperate;

With no one to lean on but myself,

I painfully and patiently tolerate.

Why is it so difficult to ask for help?

Is it ’cause of my reputation?

I know I'll never be able to help myself,

And what if I get frozen in this situation?

OK! I cannot take it anymore,

I am giving up and coming out,

Wherever it goes furthermore,

I hope it will be a better turnout.

So I step out of my self-built walls,

This is what courage must feel like,

Whatever it takes, wherever I fall,

I hope my legend will be praised at the wake.

Hence, silent steps I take through the dark tunnel,

With a ray of hope towards the unknown glow;

To find at the end of it, an endless canal

Of everything I’d wanted; so I get in and row.

- Jaanvi Veluguleti