Crying Shame
Written by Emilee Trudo
Unlock your floodgates
allow yourself to feel
our only mission is innate
wisdom to let go and heal
I recognize your pain
a common thread between us
we are one, ice and rain
existing differently but water still
flowing and crashing
evaporating and condensing
shape-shifting through life
as we perceive it
but I feel you tensing
building up your walls
don’t you understand
water won’t be contained
It will seep and sulk
mold-covered heart strings
suffocate
So cry, darlings
cry for those who were silenced
cry for the lost and broken
cry for yourself
cry for your joy
cry for your love
cry for your blessings
cry for the obstacles
the days it’s too damn hard to get out of bed
cry for the children, for the elders
cry for humanity
cry for those breathtakingly beautiful views
cry for the news and lies and chaos
cry for the hate and its roots
cry for the disenfranchised
the forgotten
the martyrs
the leaders
the misled
cry for those most intensely exhilarating moments
the energy traded between kindred spirits
cry for having no control
and for being free from it
cry for stress relief
cry to release
cry to nourish Gaia with your recycled saltwater
cry long
cry hard
cry until your eyes have dried
and a smile appears
cry to feel renewed
cry with the rain, clasped to a tree
cry to feel what does not serve you, rush out of your body
cry to allow yourself to be filled up
we are brooks, creeks, rivers
feeding into one ocean
let’s keep those paths flowing
we are but vessels of consciousness growing