

Blood, sweat and tears.
mostly blood.
The cost of Vulnerability
keeps going up
Too much to give
Too much to pay for
Too many memories to hide in.
Never enough time.
Sweating is easy,
we sweat together
through each other
for each other
But then come the tears.
If we ever get that close to caring.
And even if we do,
the tears are never really about you,
Are they?
There's a lot of sadness here
and now that you are losing me,
I can't seem to run from it.
But of course you can still hold me.
I always picture you holding me.
Sincerely, Matikudza
*I wrote this poem on a day I couldn't get past my loneliness. Though I find myself more comfortable with prose, poetry always manages to soak up the deeper elements of my melancholy. I don't feel ready for deeper connections but after this day I am more aware of the dangers of rejecting them before they even begin. My heart must remain open and I hope yours will too. Cheers.