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.

.