VALOR.

And valor should not be present in what is designed to be most intimate, it should not be an option, a thought, or even remnant, it should be a thing nonexistent

As connections should not be wars, should not be cuts, should not be sores - attachments should NOT be competitions; who can cause the most turmoil and who can keep those fictitious scores

But the snow fell just as white there, though far from my fingertips and people came in and others went out, in simultaneous reddened drips - try as I might, I could not keep the trembling from my lips as my head SPLIT APART, my stomach concave, and it was all I gave, to simply, SIMPLY RESTART

RESTART the part at which I fell, telling secret thoughts and feelings no one should ever tell, to professionals whose aim was to guide me to hell and after the dust settled, I was no more than SHELL

And what do you DO with emotional emptiness..?

When vacant, you still writhe with painful restlessness; to take a deep breath is utter uselessness

I still TRY-

And, OH, do I TRY to let the undercut and disrespect fly lightly by, to let the hushed whispers become their perpetual lie, I TRIED!! I TRIED!! I TRIED… I TRIED!!

But inside another piece of me dreadfully DIED