a shameful pain
REACHES up
to the brain.
as unbearable as it is,
it is
overlooked,
UNSEEN,
unexpressed.
+ how to acknowledge that?
+ how to sit with that
TRUTH of self-suppression?
if only LOVE
would have been there.
less DISGUST,
more understanding,
more care,
more WHOLENESS.
less identity reduction
to physical appearance.
.