Don't Cry (From JUST ME 2014)

Don’t Cry

Don’t cry

Stop crying

Cry-baby -

cruelly

carelessly

callously,

not kindly.

A reprimand

a command

in every syllable.

Dry your eyes

Don’t be silly

Nothing to cry about.

Waiting tears are silenced,

left unshed

to calcify

and turn

my woman’s heart

to stone.

A child’s inheritance!

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