My 26th Birthday Project: Day 4

 A RECITAL OF TEARS AND SHAKES

In that moment when the tears won’t stop flowing

and your chest won’t stop heaving

Your shoulders swayed to the rhythm of your wailing

a downward, upward motion

Vibrations pulsed through your body seeking release

your mind pleaded for an end to this dance of liquid and shakes

It sent signals to your arms to hold you steady

helplessly your arms joined the dance, seduced by the melody, they swing you   

 

back and forth,

back and forth

 

Your trembling lips parted and delivered a heart-crushing, mind-melting hymn,

a tune befitting this dance

In your chest laid the source of your rhythm and blues,

that which you neither had the courage to lift nor the willpower to disengage

So here you were, stuck in this recital with your unending ache

In which there was no audience.