Well meaning
People
Try to listen.
They are
Sympathetic,
Giving
Comfort.
Patient.
They know,
Too -
That there is
Really
Nothing
I can
Do,
Or
Should
Do,
But
Quietly
Suffer.
Alone.
For the peace
Of others.
Fake it.
Perhaps
Someday,
I will
Make it.
It is not okay.
But
I must not
Say it.
Lance N. Roses (2024)
#poetryonpoetry
The trigger was this post:
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