Lia Sparks
School of Medicine and Public Health
2018
Poem
Crutches hold me up
Keep me walking like I’m broken
Things that go unsaid
But never were unspoken
Never better to myself
Than I was for someone else
Patience is a lonely comfort
In and of itself
Can I reach with sharpened claws
If it means I’ll tear you down?
Forgive me if I pull you in
Trust I won’t let you drown
Lumps of feelings in my throat
Choking self-control
Shrink when I finally spit them out
Let go fear of letting go
Discovering my broken halves
They don’t quite make me whole
But cracks are where the light comes in
Illuminate my soul
She whispers from the after life
Her message strikes me clear:
Where it hurts the most
you access love
Allow it all, my dear