I have a voice for my needs,
my wants,my dreams...for you.
But respecting your comfortable silences,
your aloof tenderness,
and repetitive soothing’s,
is more important, so,
I hold my tongue, bite my words, and keep my dreams in sleep.
I have learned that for you, I must be stronger than I thought possible.
And that being strong for you means I must be stronger for myself because,
heartaches of disappointment seem endless and unforgiving,
every,
day,
and they should never touch you because I am never disappointed in you, simply being you.
It’s the world around you that is hard against us…
People don’t listen,
Don’t see,
Lack empathy,
Lack imagination…Luckily, your eyes look past it all, somehow, seeing only what brings you joy,
The hard-hearted burden is solely mine,
And it is monumentally heavier when those around us, people we love and cherish, aren’t able to,
Aren’t willing to…join in your world,
See and share your joys,
Understand and dance in your silences.
This breaks my heart for them and cracks my connections to them… though I do not wish for that love to break…
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