Trêve de Noël

 

No one likes a mess, just happy and bold 

The intangible things we learn without being told

Choke these feelings down

Bury parts of me alive

And my heart too has become dried

Waiting for someone to see the sorrow in my smiling face

The staved off tears in my embrace

What a burden I've found no one wants to bear

Of knowing me in all my mire

I'll shiver lonely in company's fire

What if I just was who I am?

Treve de Noel, take the day off!

And you will greet my unarmed face

I will see my flaws with grace

Oh hello parts of me I never knew I had

I'm asking to let the waves express their tides

To be embraced in lows, not just the highs

Retire facade and still be loved

Sometimes life can feel like brick not feather

Please, let’s weather this together

Weary wade into gray waters 

While I pull on this blockade I will surely falter:

What will the river be without the dam?

Will the drowned towns become homes again?

Warm lights shining out of water-stained windows