Cry at night

a poem

Sometimes I cry at night
Trying to make sure no one lost their life,
I lost mine instead.

Sometimes I cry at night.
Doing my best to make sure no one would see me suffer
No one ever did.

Sometimes I cry at night.
So many people were hurt
Who never hurt anyone first.

Sometimes I cry at night.
The gentlest souls became the most hard.

Ugly but strong,
Alone in a crowded room.

I maintained the capacity to love,
because getting hurt
lost its meaning
long ago.