don't cry

tears burn behind brown eyes
how I wish I could release them
let them cascade down my face
like rushing streams from waterfalls
but I was taught to be a big girl
and big girls don’t get too emotional
I hold back tears screaming to be free
instead I let them dry out inside me

with both feet

it is now or never

I’m not getting younger

I see the sun beginning

it’s descent into horizons

with both feet I jump

off the edge of the cliffs

determine to soar not fall