Only I know

No you don't know how I feel.

My emotions and sensations are unique.

I react, and act without approval.

No one need listen when I speak.

My experiences and my choices

landed me right where I now lay.

No one bleeds like I bleed

as I hemorrhage here today.


No one cries the tears that I do

or hears my heart whisper goodbye.

Watch closely, and you'll see me

learning to smile as they dry.

No one can follow my heart's path

through twists and turns only I know 

with emotions stumbling and rushing

to reach destinations I must go.


© 2015, Tamera Dobbins