If I would be brave,
I would tell you I need you,
I need you, not some day,
I need you today.
If I would be brave,
I would ask you to hold me,
To hold me, not later,
To hold me right now.
If I would be brave,
I would ask for your comfort,
Your comfort, not distance,
Your comfort right here.
If I would be brave
I would tell you I’m hurting.
I’m hurting, I’m dying.
I am not brave.
Alenka H., 2021