have you ever felt too sad to cry?
like it’s not in your head,
but down in your chest
buried
deep inside your bones
and there is no way to get it out
of there?
like if it was lighter, if it could just float
up to your head, you could push it out
of all those holes and be rid of it.
but it’s not that kind of sadness.
it won’t float. it won’t rise.
it’s stubborn and it’s found a home down there.
it’s dug itself a burrow
made a den to sleep in
right next to your heart.
it’s not going anywhere.
have you ever known a sadness
like that?