Reflux

It burns with a toxicity

Clutching your chest

Hoping for better tomorrows

Uncertainty drowning your lungs

You brace yourself with a shiver

As it rips through you

"Don't cry."

"Its not that bad."

You let the words stumble out

Knowing nothing will keep the pain

From doubling you over

On the brink of vomiting

Your knees buckle

The tears won't let up

This is the reflux

Of which your body

Your mind

Your very spirit

Has no answer.