Like a woman <br />I loved, I say <br />words to the dark, <br />not to suffer. <br />Grown as I am, <br />I'm far from <br />immune: if I'm <br />in for it long <br />I want mind to <br />hold on, words in <br />my throat ready <br />to name it. Let <br />me keep fury <br />to stay against <br />pain; if it <br />is given me <br />to learn I mean <br />to know it all <br />the way, to bear <br />it like a woman.<br /><br />Philip Booth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/like-a-woman/
