Mirror Reflection

She:
Don’t let it out!
Don’t feel that pain.
Don’t cry those tears.
Do what I say,
Not what I do.
Don’t remove your mask.

Me:
Put it away.
Tuck it in.
Smile on the outside.
Swallow it down.
Stuff it in.
Cry on the inside.

You:
Do get it out!
Do feel your pain.
Do cry your tears.
Do smile and laugh.
Say what you think.
Please be who you are.

Sylvia Edwards

Practice

dance
sweetheart
dance
show your spunk
lift our spirits
dance
sweet heart

dance

Sylvia Edwards

Write?

I can’t. I don’t

feel.

I won’t. I don’t 

care.

If I could, I would

want.
Sylvia Edwards