XXXXXXXXXXXXXNIGHTHAWKS/ Edward Hopper XX 1942XX
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I don't like to cry.
I take steps to stop myself.
I know how.
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Each time I feel a tear
touching my lash,
I look around to see if you are there.
x
Not a chance you'll ever see a drop.
It's the giving in, the giving up.
Let others fall down,
I won't break apart.
I'll never be Jack,
I'm not Jill the tumbler either.
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My neck is white and smooth
Above the grey collar.
I swallow sharply,
throat confining a breath
that falters.
x
Control tightens like fingers
maneuvering a stangulation.
I stop short of dying.
x
Breathing becomes easier.
By now you know I won't.
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12 comments:
Oh Lyn
This one is so touching and so real at the same time. I can relate...I like your work.
Linda
Hi Linda-
Thank you so much for your kind words..really appreciate it!
You can never beat a defiant poem. The 'you will never see me cry' theme is one with which I identify myself deeply. Loved your poem. Many thanks.
Greetings from London.
Hi to A Cuban....
Thank you..it's all about mind and will, something that strengthens with age, I think!
Hi Lyn,
I don't know whether keeping that stiff upper lip is good for us? A good cry can work wonders!
Hi Derrick-
That may be true, but then my eyes will turn into puff balls if I give in to a sob fest!
I did sort of shed a bit of a tear when I heard Susan Boyle sing!That counts!!
This poem is so powerful, Lyn. And I love the subtle charm of Jack and Jill woven through. Wonderful.
Susan Boyle made me cry, too.
Hi Willow-
Thank you..I do love poetry, sometimes it's a big surprise to me too. I wonder at times, where did that phrase come from? Circling the planet, waiting to land!!
I love signs of strength but I also believe crying is not a weakness.But sometimes when one cries we do feel such.
I love the 'white neck and smooth above the grey collar' Great contrast.And all in all a lovely write, you.
BTW I never even realised I ended my 'scribble' on an optimistic note. So thanks for that. I don't know what I write half the time! Ha!Words just come to me and I write them down. I do not joke!
Thank you so much! It's funny what others see in us..I look for optimism.
Crying? It's me.. but that's in the poem!
And writing..sometimes it feels like a miracle..where do those words, those ideas come from? I'm with you on this one!
Hi Kat-
Thank you, you absolutely got it!
It is "so there"!
Not going to be another "little lady", when tears are so expected!!
Hi SarahA
Sorry I didn't address you by name in my comment to you..SarahA, SarahA!!It's the one without the salutation..natch!!!
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