Myself-myself
a poem
Myself has crowded myself All the time that I’ve yearned All the time that I’ve pleaded All the times I’ve held on too tightly Those things don’t help They only serve to breed discomfort They only served to make hard the emotions Emotions that should flow freely Like water when entrapped and frozen Inside a rock held tight That stone will split as the waters freeze So my emotions have frozen And my heart split as the rock Not strong enough to withstand Internal stress causes the most damage Internal damage causes the most discomfort Believe it That is the thing I have never done I’ve always wondered what could happen I’ve never felt sure in any connection All I’ve truly believed in is myself And that is why I can’t find solace Myself has crowded myself
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MAS (poems)
