The Inky Blue

by Sue Tang

I am a creature of love

I am the flight of melodies

I am stars lit with rare life

I am the quiet brilliance under the moonlit sky

Some see me as a mere flicker of chance

Some see me dark as their heart

Some see me wanton as their crooked tongue

Some see me shy as my past

None see my beginning

When dreams were taking their first shaky steps

When stars were first formed, joy grew its young wings

And the music this naive world ever knew was laughter

None see that I’m growing

The pain, the tears, the betrayals

The first wing stripped

And then another

None see my truth, the pages splashed with blood, drown in vomit

When love was the first whispers of my young soul

Music my commands to the world shrieking in madness, drunk on tears

Commands to take care of

Take care of this precious heart

None see the stars lit with life now

For their shadows are long

The night lingers like a ghost

But all see the quiet, all hear the moon

For their eyes see from their ears

And their ears hear from their hollow heart

Judging every but forgiving none

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Exposition: People can be judgemental, and judgemental people like to be harsh. They love to strip you apart, dress you in dregs and belittle every inch of you they find worthy of ridicule. If you grow up amidst harsh judgement, you’ll learn to accept that none will ever see the true you. You’ll hide. You’ll bottle up. You won’t tell.