I Heard Her Sigh

I heard it. 

Just a breath, 

but with it carried pain.

 

It did try to hide itself. 

But in that moment, 

before there was any time 

to negotiate -with fear, 

or apprehension, or self consciousness- 

her pain became fragile. 

So fragile ~ 

it could be picked up 

by just a breath as it passed by 

her heart to where it needed to escape. 

I heard her sigh.