I am the sad woman walking towards you<\/p>\n
Eyes on the ground, so you can\u2019t see me<\/p>\n
But you know<\/p>\n
You know by my heavy steps<\/p>\n
The extreme muscular labors that push me forward<\/p>\n
Through the vacuum between us<\/p>\n
That if I looked up<\/p>\n
And looked directly at you<\/p>\n
You could see the turmoil<\/p>\n
Set in just under my eyelids<\/p>\n
You know by the bags I carry<\/p>\n
That pull me down<\/p>\n
Packed with the contingencies for all possible disasters<\/p>\n
To stave off the self-criticism to come<\/p>\n
Too much, not enough, late, wrong<\/p>\n
A rap sheet of epic failures<\/p>\n
My spine bends in resignation to these faults<\/p>\n
The bags would break my fall if I stumbled<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easier to carry the weight<\/p>\n
But you also know<\/p>\n
When we finally do pass each other<\/p>\n
Our eyes making a simultaneous threat assessment<\/p>\n
Giving each other the all clear<\/p>\n
And you are talking to your friend on the phone<\/p>\n
Or laughing with the group you are with<\/p>\n
That I wish I were you<\/p>\n
Living that life on a high shelf<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t reach<\/p>\n
Because I\u2019m too short, or because<\/p>\n
It\u2019s simply not meant for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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