one thousand tears

micropoetry

I’m in a space of emotions and tears. Grief will do that to you.

Usually I hold everything together really well. Usually I hold it together far too well - not allowing myself to feel whatever hard thing is coming up. I numb, dissociate, and compartmentalize in an effort not to feel.

But, Brené Brown says it best: “We cannot selectively numb emotion. If we…