Persuasion…!

“You must not carry suffering

as the night carries darkness

and the day – lights,

for both are often overwhelmed of their companions

anxious, as if they would belie themselves

you should instead carry it

like a broken mirror carries its reflections

as if enslaved, obsessed, possessed

for it can never stop imaging

despite being wrecked and again

only to tear itself apart upon being seen

as if exposed, mocked, tormented

and yet knowing there is no escape

you must collect pieces of self

trampled down, scattered around

in the ruins of solitude…”