someone sincerely cried,
describing me as strong
looking me dead in my eyes and telling me that if nothing else,
i am the strongest person they've ever known
told me it is so tough
for a human to be un-human
in a constant daily ripping-apart
to force everything to repression
and
continue going on
told me it is so hard
to bite a lip, to hold pain in,
stay silent to the face of hell, alone
to lie to every single one
who had ever asked
'and how are things at home?'
told me it is so.. me
to be so headstrong, opinionated, unapologetic
to hold myself against everything else
forever, always, simply because i want to
pure willpower is one thing i have
i still think about what you told me.
