You are a lamb

I go to 

Therapy.  

Ugh!

I always 

Feel better 

After. 

But waiting

Makes 

Me feel 

So anxious.

I go to 

Your 

Office and sit 

Down.

We start

Are usual

Talk.

I know I

Will not 

Share with

You today. 

Honestly.

I am gonna

Tell you 

What I know 

You want 

To hear

Because 

I never 

Can talk

About 

What is bothering 

Me. 

Today 

You are pushing 

Me.

I feel it.  

And I start

Crying.

I am exhausted 

I say.

Exhausted.

I know 

You respond.

I can see it

And feel it.

I have no 

More energy

I say...

And I stop 

Speaking.

You sit

Next to me 

And stare forward

As if talking

To someone else.

I know,

You say.  

I do not know 

How you do it

But I know why

You do it.

I stare forward 

And reply 

As if I am

Speaking to 

Someone else,

Do what?

I ask.

You protect

Yourself from

Everything and

Everyone. You

Dance around 

And please people.

Never 

Never

Getting 

What you need.

You can't 

Do it because

Inside you 

Are a lamb

And you 

Are too sensitive.

If you actually 

Asked 

For what

You really 

Needed

And did not 

Get it,

You would 

Break.

I have never 

Seen 

Such 

A sensitive soul.

You add,

How do 

You do it?

I sit crying

I feel 

The world.  

I feel all 

The joy 

And pain.

Not a lot of 

People see me.

I reply. 

I protect myself

As best 

I can.

It's lonely.

We sit 

In silence.

The buzzer

Goes off.

Which means 

Time is up.

I start 

To move.

Stay,

You say.

Let me give

You something

You need.

What's that?

I ask.

Someone who 

Thinks of you. 

Let's sit for free.

We both laugh.

I start to cry.

It is the first 

Time

Someone 

Has done 

Something

For me.

Without getting 

Something in 

Return.

It was

A moment 

That I look 

Back to

When I 

Have given 

All of me.

And gotten

Nothing. 

Remember 

That 

I 

Am a

 Lamb.