Sensitive

prickly weed flower, canon digital rebel xt

I am feeling sensitive today
more than usual
the pricks of life feel more prickly
raw emotions
and some foreign,
perhaps some I am not proud of.

Sometimes I think,
if everyone were as
sensitive
as me...than I would be less hurt
by them
I would be more
protected
but then the earth would be
more ocean,
an ocean of tears,
If all were as sensitive
as me.

We need land and ocean to
survive,
so I must learn to stand
firm on the land,
embrace the pricks
and then sooth myself in my
own ocean of tears,
a healing balm
for me.