Tears demand to fall,
Shame climbs up into my throat, 
Silent, I swallow.

HarshMink

Locked Emotions

Powerful in just a few words. So much weight and quiet intensity here.

I think I might know this.  It's a lot to unpack in such a brief explosion of feeling.

Within and without
these truths we hold so dear
deep in our fold, as everything holds
keeping away...from the fear