Human Subways ~ Merrit Malloy

There are places
Within a man
No woman could ever know.
At the bottom of himself. . . somewhere
Broken faces
And dreams he's nourished
Since he was wide-eyed
And ten
And believing in everything.

Tears can't always fall from eyes,
And some things are just too deep
Or quiet
To be talked about,
Maybe only thought about
When he's alone
On a plane,
Or looking out
Any window.

If you love him,
Let him go
To those places within himself
Where he can never take you
And where
You must never ask to go.

~Merrit Malloy