Therapy Session 6
“I’m glad you found the courage to come back”
The courage?
As she sat there
With eyes filled
With muted green peso signs
Because my sorrow fuels her life
But girl
The courage?
I’ve been waiting for a train
That just won’t come
And I still kept moving
Even if I was walking with no one
Is that not courage?
Drowning in my sorrow
Y’all know I can’t swim
But to think
There’s a criteria for courage
That I don’t fit
Damn I can’t win
I smiled when I wanted to cry
Served when I wanted to be alone
Gave when I didn’t have any
Yet that amounts to nothing
And here I am
On my last straw
And she thinks I gathered up some kind of courage
No Ma'am
You’re giving me my
13th reason why
Because I don’t want to be here
I don’t want to need this
And I don’t want this feeling
But I just sat there and smiled
“Yes it feels good to be back”
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