If: An Extended Haiku

what would i say if

i could take a breath, stand back

from all the things that

trouble me, leave me

swimming in an ocean of 

insecurity 

drowning in a deep

deluge of doubt, stress, and pain

head sinking under

what would i do if 

i could take a step, and step

up, soaring away

through the clouds of hope

diving, swooping, spiraling

light as a feather 

my burdens lighter 

free as a lark, my chains cut

no longer held down

how would i act if

i saw you standing there, your

shoulders sagging from 

an invisible 

weight that no one else can see

no one else but me

maybe we can not

escape from all our troubles

as they vanish, poof

but together we

stand, bearing it together

together we rise