questions we're afraid to ask

are you brave enough

to stand in the fire

and not run 

when the flames rise high?

are you strong enough

to hold onto me in the flood

while i'm drowning

and want to let go?

are you willing

to hold me

when the storms rage 

and fill me with fear?

and can you love me

when i'm unlovable

and cannot

love myself?

~sc

1-24-2020

like broken glass

under the covers

rejecting life, afraid of truth

only darkness and sleep

can sooth the pain

of who I am

the thoughts

of everything and nothing

shattered and scattered

reflect my weakness

this incompleteness

close my eyes

let the tears fall

of their own will

while I make my escape

into oblivion

-sc

1-23-2020