30 Days of Poetry: Day 21: PAIN
Day 21: Pain Pg 15 of The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life With Language by Natalie Goldberg. When you are a cis woman you are raised to believe that other's pain is your problem you practice hugging and making soothing sounds leave a space in your frontal lobes for distressed faces and shut off body language always on guard you learn how to save people ow to do the hard things for them so they won't feel pain And while you are learning to help others heal pain you learn about blunting yourself because you are a potential weapon too diminish your anger cool your hot words stuff the sharpness of your feelings down to the bottom These lessons bore done into our bones sit and poke become shame and guilt if we stray And to this day these words are as natural to me as breathing I utter then without realizing I'm Sorry I'm sorry I said that I'm sorry I can't make it out tonight I'm sorry I disappointed you Yelled ...