The Waterfall

 I feel this swelling inside

I close my eyes and concentrate 

I try and not to feel

Yet my eyes begin to wet

I continue to fight

I swallow hard

For I can’t let people see

Yet a drop escapes

A single drop of water

Rolls down my down cheek

I fight the urge for more to come

This waterfall I feel deep inside

Wants to flood the banks

With nothing to stand in its way

Only to be stopped

Maybe if I open my eyes 

I can stop it 

I open my eyes

The water hits the edge of the banks

I close my eyes once again

I can’t let the waterfall flow

Another drop

For if the waterfall is allow to flow

Then what does that say

That the banks are weak

They too soft

Maybe the water will be too much

Flood the whole place

I can’t have flood

Another drop

Damnit

What do I have to do

To stop this damn from breaking 

The damn that is buried deep

With water flowing over it

Water reaching the edge 

The waves crashing

I can fill it

The water building behind the damn

I can’t let the damn crash

If I do

What does that say or mean

I blink hard to fight the urge 

The water slowly streams down

Over the valley 

A continuous flow

The water so warm

With the damn broken

The bank overfilled

The valley is now flooded

The waterfall is flowing

I open my eyes

The waterfall does not stop

It continues 

Faster

Heavier

Never stopping

Felling the world crumble

Yet it’s healing

It’s releasing the overflow

Because that’s what waterfalls do