I am

Sighs release,

and I wish I had the energy to smile,

but I am tired

tears fall,

and I wish I had a story to tell,

but I do not

Yes, I am tired

and no,

I have no justification

no sense to make

no hard truths for you to swallow

no ‘story’ to garner your sympathies

[reserved]

as they are,

for those who have the power

to make themselves

heard

if I did, you might permit me to feel

the way that I do

but I do not

and

[you] do not

So, there is just me

[and my feelings]

and what have feelings ever been good for anyway?

‘What does it feel like to make sense?’

I do not know

Sighs release,

and I wish I had the labels that you liked,

but I do not

Tears fall,

and I wish I had the solidity you required,

but I am me

Yes, I am I

and no,

I do not know what that means

…

No,

I do not know what that means.