Alone in my pain
Cords encumbered me
Another shot of something
So they don’t have to see.
Tears streamed down my face
Releasing unkempt madness.
Quickening of my pulse,
Unmasking my sadness.
I called out,
But you passed me by.
I cried out in agony
You told me I’d survive.
“Suck it up, kid”
Is what they always said-
My tears were stifled
My needs were suppressed.
Alone in my pain
Cords encumbered me again.
This time my tears flow freely.
Melancholy is inevitable,
But, somehow it releases me.