YOU CAN CRY

YOU CAN CRY

I make you smile

And although it may not be today

Or tomorrow

It may take a while

But I'll make you smile

Being sick sucks

Tell me about it

Waking up mornings

With so much  pain

Trying to sit up in vain

While your stomach turns

And churns

I sit here by you

And read, my hands

Hold the book

And I look

And say

You can cry, you may

No one should tell you to be strong

Because it takes so long

Because you're afraid

Because we're made

To believe we should be brave

But you don't feel safe

They want you to be that example

But you can not

For you are a person

And not a robot

So curl up now, and smile

And cry, because for a while

I am here

I understand, now

Sleep, and while you do

I keep

An eye on you.

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Poem by Darren White

November 12, 2016