If I Could Not Cry
by Daniel Errico
by Daniel Errico
If I could not cry… I would be a snowy tree in the middle of winter.
If I could not cry… I would be a river, needing to flow.
If I could not cry… I would be the moon, smiling so big that the would cannot see.
If I could not cry… I would be a bird in a cage, wanting to fly.
If I could not cry… I would be a garden, waiting for water.
If I could not cry… I would be a volcano, angry and ready to explode.
If I could not cry… I would be the wind against a barn, not able to push past.
If I could not cry… I would be an underground crystal, secret and hidden.
But I am not a tree,
or a river,
or the moon,
or a bird,
or a garden,
or a volcano,
or the wind,
or a crystal.
I am me.