I Cannot Carry This Anymore

the weight of your words
is more than I can bear
I cannot carry
I cannot carry
this anymore

I wish I could change
what it is in me
that you don't want to hold

I wish
somehow
that I could be
what you want
as much as
you
are what I want

I wish I could erase the words
you used so delicately
to break my heart
instead of carrying each of them
clutched to my chest
like bricks of doubt

I cannot carry this anymore

Don McGonigal July 2007