Dear Others

Rachel Marsh

Dear Rachel

others see you

as vulnerable

but in your heart

you know

you are strong

 

Dear reader

I’m sorry

I’ve led you to this

false impression of me

I wish you could

read my soul  

and hear my heart talking

and not the words

others put in my mouth

 

Dear Rachel

others find your

cold exterior rude

but really, it’s a way

to defend yourself

from the crude