The Burden

 

This burden that I carry

She is not mine

She is her own

 

Down to the skin and veins and blood

She is part of me

But down much deeper

Where one cannot see

I have no control

 

I can pray and hope

She will be silent

But seldom does she oblige

Through her utter rage

She hurts

Deafens

Destroys

Without my consent

 

She is not mine

She is her own

I have no control.