I Wish

I wish that I could not cry 

but I am not afraid 

enough to stop this 

torrent of tears 

bleeding as it were 

from eyes that 

have seen too much.

I wish I could not laugh 

because I cannot stand 

to be merry 

in the midst of this 

dearth, this evil 

that abounds

in the sound 

of my hearing.

I wish that I could not speak 

and tell the tales 

of woe and misery 

that complete my 

existence that 

no one loved 

or cared to see.

Jim Hime @2014