I’ve decided I’m no longer going
to suffer
I’m done with pain
I’m over grief
I’ve suffered enough
I take all of the agony
The child bruised
for cracking eggs on the kitchen linoleum
haphazard and fumbling
attempting to self-navigate
The yearn to be heard
I listen to you now
I refuse to sink
The ocean has no depth
it’s endless
But I won’t let my heartache
toil endlessly
I get to decide
how I perceive the world
with whom perceives this world
with me
I get to wear tinted glasses
in all shades of pink
I refuse to suffer.
I simply endure.