Emotions they rise
and fall
When I take time
to recall
The pain and the
suffering
And the time I
have spent buffering
Myself once more
while I stall
Re-entering the
world
Some say that it’s
time
It fits all the
rhythm and rhyme
And the seasons of
life
And all things
just right
To lay aside all
fear
And to live just
right here
I hear the roar of
the waves
Pulling me under
and no one to save
Me from the dread
of it all
My story is one of
the fall
And yet as I arise
I don’t want to be
totally unwise
And go about those
normal things
As if the past did
not to me cling
Like poison ivy
from the vine
Leaking into my
soul
With those stories
retold
Lest it come
across like a whine
Which only bores
Those who’ve heard
it before
And those who
internalize the pain
Though there is
nothing to gain
Other than
identifying with me
Out of some
amazing empathy
That is rare in
this world
While I lay curled
Up like a child on
my bed
Fighting hard to
push away dread
Of the time I
wished I was dead
Because the pain
was more than in my head.
Is my fear way out
of hand
Is there really
nothing to this thing
Or is that thing
in my ear I hear ring
The words I wear
on my armband
Do not come here
It is you that I
fear
That you are not
safe
In my soul you do
chafe
You come and go as
you will
Not wearing a mask
Am I making a
mountain out of a mole hill
No, I just think
my task
Is to live
So I do not trust
you
To have my best
interests at heart
You are what you
do
And so we’ll
remain separated
Until this thing
goes
Or until I am so
exasperated
That I throw my
hands and risk
The dangers that
lurk within
The limits of a
virus we do not know
Until that time
I’ll not go
Out among the
thick and the thin
Of people who care
Or those who don’t
I’ll be safe at
home
My germs with no
one to share.
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