So Tired

Act like nothing
Happened, keep your head
Down and hope
For the best, don’t feed the stray
Dog or it might come back.

Do what you are supposed to do.
Spoke when spoken to.

I’m so tired of being quiet
So tired of my own anxious
Stilted awkward
Fear
So tired
So tired of fear

17 July 2014
(c) 2014, Jim Lemanowicz