Beautiful post…..If it’s killing you to ask, reach out…. ask….
i try to type
the words
on the screen
but the backspace key
seems to have a mind of its own
keeps deleting the text
i try saying the words
out loud
but they freeze in my throat
before melting away
into my gut
i have spent
a lifetime
believing that the most
blasphemous words
in the English language
that I could ever say were
vulnerable
need
fragile
help me
don’t leave
i do not allow
my traitorous tongue
to admit weakness
frantically trying
to convince everyone
convince myself
that I am
invincible
i zealously defend
and protect a heart
strong as steel
deep as ocean
battered and dented
delicate as glass
burying it so deeply
it would take an archaeologist
to unearth it
i ignore that i have body
that I am flesh and bone
blood and sweat
curves and edges
heartbeat and sighs
my sanity depending at times
on my…
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