Emotional Baggage: Excess Baggage

Excess baggage,

Not just the sands of time,

Lodged between our toes;

The senseless redundancy

Of unspoken thoughts

So needlessly suppressed;

The echoing and re-echoing

Of sweet sounding chimes

Unheard because the wind forgot to blow;

The silent thunder and lightning 

Of the tragic storms of life

Never arriving on time;

The weight of clouds

Billowing high in the sky

Yet never crashing;

The fury of inward scorn

From the furious

Never hurled, but always expressed;

The inward pelting of rain

Silently forming icy droplets

That hit no one;

Excess baggage,

The weight of the world

Not wanting or waiting to be lifted.

Everyone carries excess, emotional baggage.