You're The Tornado

Far away
I've kept you waiting
Hand held out
I've hesitated
You're too deep
in thickened mire
distractions ease
and digging tires
so I avoid you
and get lost in survival
I hardly hear
your whispered reminders
eventually you blur from view.

Far away
I sink down further
and what I ignore
never goes away.
You're the tornado that
kicks all the pain up
when all I want
is your sheltering wings.