STUBBORN EYES OF MINE

by Edmund Johnson (Taleb)

It’s been a long time since I’ve cried!
I have kept all the pain inside
But Now, I recognize. That I must let go
So my tears can flow
Down the dark streets of my face.
One day the levee will break
And my dry eyes, And, my frown, will be evicted from this place.
My pride is a tyrant; The Master, Builder, The Ruthless Guardian of the
floodgates.
Working overtime to make sure that not even one tear is released.
As a result of this—my body is weak; I am ill; and I am getting sicker
I gasp, I moan, I yell—As I shiver
My Heart speaks
“Oh how I live with this Excruciating Pain for Long days, weeks, months,
and years
O’ please cry Stubborn Eyes of mine, For even the Heavens shed
tears!”