 holding wells of memory escaping down the cheek to be punished who knows of the swell of inner oceans tears upon tears in rolling tides kept in check, forbidden to spill over one small but costly tear representing but a tiny part of unseen iceberg formed by frozen needs above the surface cold beauty cuts the skies' horizon dazzling eyes that see only ice walls inacccessible in their isolation one small tear if allowed escape might start a melting of the inner oceans frozen, sunk for miles so FAR beneath the surface Ah, but I must keep that one small tear the only symbol of my need my pain my hidden self and longing one small tear between the part of me I show and the enormity of fathoms spreading immeasurably in breadth and depths below frozen and unseen *************** Goessoftly Retired Therapist www.goessoftlyishere.com (Permission for reprints is required) | LOVE THE CHILD | YOU DO NOT KNOW ME | Contemplating Suicide | ON THE COUCH | Can you sit and do NOTHING ? | LOSS ( a friend) | The Emperor and Silence is a Vote | Two Poems | I MISS You,Friend | The Other Side | WHAT WILL THE ANSWER BE ? | One Small Tear | I Wish | | THE HEALING PROCESS | DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER | POETRY | Biographical Entries | |
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