Please Keep Breathing (Journal of Poetry)

Too Late to Question!!

I wonder if you'd prefer my sadness be colourful

Dripping glitter and disguised in pink velvet

For it to come together in a tightly wrapped box refusing to open up to you

And when Its finally as silent as can be I wonder if you'll wonder why I never screamed

But not until the box becomes a casket wide open and you stare at your palms

Will you realize how tightly you've been clenching it shut