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don't cry for me

December 15, 2013
By kkbook BRONZE, South Burlington, Vermont
kkbook BRONZE, South Burlington, Vermont
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my heart can sometimes seem dry and empty
i shouted out “don’t fall in love with me!” as a warning, you know
that i won’t bleed no matter how much you stab me
so slicing your own heart in two and giving me a half seems
like a horrible misunderstanding
my friend heard me shout and came to hold me
i whispered in her shoulder a few things i fear
(how i can’t wrench emotion from my dried-up heart
how trying takes up the energy i need to get out of bed)
and soon, i felt rivers of tears down my shoulders,
my arms, in the crook of my elbow,
i whispered “you have so much love, my friend,
and you just give it away”
as her tears fell on me, like offerings to the dirt
perhaps i could absorb them to feel what she feels
"don’t cry for me," i said.
"i don’t cry for me."


The author's comments:
I've been struggling with chronic depression for over two years now. This is one of my new friend's reactions to finding out. "I just feel like this depression is really underserved of you," she told me later.

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