He's looking at you
Just cry,
No ones looking at you
Cry, god damn it
I don't feel this in
my throat or my eyes
I feel it squeezing my
lungs and my stomach
Cry so they don't see
the numbness
in your fingers and
your once infinite mind
I can't cry or his heart
will soften and the
tears will extinguish
the fire inside him
Maybe if he sees that
your fire has turned
cold, he will hold it in
his hands and blow
YOU ARE READING
Sea Salt Lagoon: A Book of Poems
PoetryThis is a book of poems I have been writing over the years. It isn't finished yet, but here they are. ©Book cover is my design
