I do not carry the pain on my shoulders
It screams in my chest
Silent for you
Loud for me
In my belly
A wall of fire envelops it
With furious volleys
Trying to rob it of oxygen
Resistance
But on rainy days
When coldness creeps along all lines
the flames die in embers
And the pain roars its way to the surface and leaves me
Staggering
Barely breathing a sigh of relief

Words by: Intimate Silence (the Model)

Note from the Artist: too red? No… she has pure fire burning from within.