Linda M. Crate – 1 poem

MY WEAKNESS & STRENGTH 

No one

wants to hear the

story of how

I sewed myself back

together

after the throes of lust

nearly ravaged 

me into ruin

they only want to hear that

I am “fine” when they ask how i’m doing,

but I’ve never been the type

that can hide my emotions and why should

I want to?

why is it so wrong to admit

that I feel

as deep as the earth holds her roots or as high as an

opera singer can psalm or as jaggedly as an

quaking mountain?

my strength

is my empathy, my kindness, my love, 

and my caring;

I will not cut that part out of myself because it makes

some uncomfortable or insecure or vulnerable—

I will not be ashamed of feeling

because sensitivity is both a weakness and a strength.

 

 

 Linda M. Crate