Tears
I saw a doctor this week
I didn't have to say a word
I just pointed to my face and tears came
She nodded. She understood.
I'm not easily surviving my life these days
She understood
I pointed to my face and tears came
And I felt ashamed
To crumble
To fade
To fold into a person in a cold, white room
That can no longer contain or restrain or maintain
Tears now replace
My dignity
My grace
My place
Not just in his life
But in the space that is mine
I pointed to my face and tears came
As if they are poised waiting
They are ...
An entity beyond my strength
A being possessing me
A thing bold and blinding
Behind my eyes and smile they hide
Waiting each and every day
For a thing to be said or rage to rise
To trigger their release
To bend the broken parts of me
Into messages expressed quietly
As streams down my face
People want me to rise and push the pain away
Mostly, I am doing that
But right behind my smile and my eyes
are the feelings trapped inside
that make me cry ...
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