LET IT BE ME
Let the pain not be mine.
Let me not be a survivor.
Let me not live with wounds.
Let me not wake up in tears,
Yearning for hugs I once felt,
For sounds I could never hear,
From a voice forever silenced,
Consigned to essays & books,
Memoirs, poetry & whispers
Living in a mind that lies
About what words were said,
What songs were sung,
What's alive, what's dead.
Ludwig
