Weep

Do not tell me not to weep

When you fear the tears

And surrendering to your own grief

Or else just do not understand the challenge

Of such rocky terrain

Stand to one side

A safe distance from the heart aches

That you hide

Under platitudes

I will go my own way

A lonely path it is

And beset with many twists and turns

Obscuring truth

Then as darkness captures me

I dance above this strange abyss

Before falling

Deep inside the inky waters

Some twilight will comfort me

With time

Bright stars of infinite light

Will arise

But only after years of sleep

Heartbreak

And disconnecting

Then waking to a lighter morn

I will hear the cry of a distant starling

Singing of sunrise

And only after all of these tears

Have painfully cleansed my vision

Will I have learned

Such a difficult truth

Only I can give myself

Permission

To weep