Crying Crystals

Yes, I see you
crying on the floor, your old brown dress stained with fire
I can't help thinking that crying will only hurt you more

In my experience 
crying doesn't heal me. 
It only gives me memories 
so that I can remember what it felt like to hurt 
when I'm not hurting. 

But in a way, I get that you need to cry 
you need to let your pain run it's course... 
I don't understand why, but I get it.
always get it. 

So cry your tears, let them wash away the pain 
let them show you who to blame. 
this vulnerability is valuable

so, yeah, you're crying crystals. 

Mercury

VT

18 years old

More by Mercury

  • By Mercury

    Union

    Love should be a warm blanket 
    not a dance over hot coals, crumbs in your bedsheets 
    or threatening glances
    And if it is a dance, let it be one 
    where I am yours and you belong to me. 
  • Who am I

    (spoken word performance)

    I once described myself as a river
    I flow, I change, I fill spaces the way that they need to be filled. 
    I am like a tree, reaching my roots into the ground, the dirt sliding up my skin

  • Storm Warning

    (meant to be read out loud) 


    It came when I didn't expect it, and it cried 
    Like a child, it screamed longer than it should've 
    and I couldn't ignore it, nobody could