Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

The Truth

The truth is
no one gives a damn.
The truth is
you just have to keep your head down,
shut up,
keep going
and find the soft
dewy
spot
you have longed for all your life
somewhere
other
than in others.
It is there.
I promise.
There
in
your downy pillow,
the one that keeps your head afloat.
The one that is flat and limp,
and lifeless,
and stained.
The one you have hugged
and cried into
and vowed to
and screamed in to
night after night.
The one that has silenced you
when no one else could.