Quiet as Camouflage
The best camouflage for pain?
Shhh, it’s a secret.
One must keep it hidden,
because if someone else knew
how much it all hurt,
one would be too open
to deflect the incoming.
Unable to protect oneself,
is a dangerous existence
in a place where
no man wants anything better,
beyond one’s father,
and sometimes not even he.