My restrained tears push through
Like a frigid stream on a barren plateau
An icicle melting in spring
My eyes the dam, holding in despair
Cracks in my face display the mounting pressure
Of boiling steam
Leaking emotional residue
Wanting to burst into the cooling air
like a **** that breaks through concrete to reach the ever enticing Sun

We are birds whose wings have broken
The endless sky an air of torment we must breath to live
You found strength in the land that caught you in it's motherly arms
But I could never call this home
My soul wants to fly but my spirit is bound
By a love that is yours
And the well of my pain stirs
Waves crash in my throat
It hurts the most because I can't identify

Please, I beg you, avert your eyes
Don't watch as my armor fractures
The hardened pieces of my pride falling to my feet, grounding me
Holding me down
Forcing my exposure under the spotlight of your judgement
Compelling me to show you
That I'm just
I'm just...
...