some deserve my silence by Linda M. Crate
some deserve my silence daughter of the moon and the sun i shine intensely flames hotter than blue light dancing on the paper mache of the celestial mouth of night, and a part of me gleaming in each and every star; i guess i am too much for some to handle because no one ever says goodbye they just disappear without farewell— i used to mourn this until i realized that even as intense as i am i cannot help but be the person i am meant to be, and i won't apologize for that anymore; those who seek me will be a part of my tribe or i will disappear like a moon deciding not to show up in the night's sky because i only deserve the people who love me the others don't need my words— i will feed them my silence because it's a greater kindness than allowing them the serrated edge of my flames which would thrust them into oblivion's edge. BIO: Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pitt...