crying
i’ve spent so much time crying
my head has begun to hurt
my shoulders ache
since so many hours of mine have been used
to curl up on the floor
and release my pent-up emotions
with music as kindling
and my heavy heart as a flame
i sit in my sorrow
in my misery
in my crowded loneliness
and my unwarranted pain
i cry myself to sleep
and i cry myself awake
i cry in the evenings
and i cry at dawn
and though the things that trouble me
never leave my mind
when i cry
i release a part of them
through my tears
Sophia Kaushik