I Surrender
If I talk, it’s in vain.
If I don’t, I'm insane.
And I wonder
Say the truth?
Conceal or soothe?
I just ponder
Should I show
The tears that flow?
At the center
Barely locked, barely freed.
Can’t respond, cannot lead
I surrender…
Jessica J. Hanna
November 2006
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