Big Girls in a Little City | Cynthia Shimwa

What can relieve pain?
Of course, nothing!
Only keeping it by yourself
Grinning ear to ear
While dying inside
And saying, “Time heals.”

Can the city become big
For the big girls
To have a shoulder to cry on?
No. The city is so small,
Suffocating some souls
With judgments.

Who told you
That walking on streets
Offering a piece of your heart to any passerby
Doesn’t weigh a heart down?
Who said that tears flap their wings and flee
As time dyes your hair white?

Featured image by Diana Simumpande

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