an uprise of emotion—
i will choke it down,
bury all my feelings,
that have been wound and wound and wound

the sun is shining too bright—
i will close my eyes,
pretend it's all okay,
but when it's not, i cease to realize

that i am not inhuman—
i will rise and fall,
i cannot take on the world,
it is not my job to do it all

the atrocities of my own passivity
i will fall victim to no longer
you are worth the treatment you accept
and that fate — i am vastly stronger