Tortoise

I'm aching
inside of my skin.
I'm sore
and sad.

It's hard today.
It's not right
to feel that happy,
then this bad.

I was sleeping last night
in easy dreams.
I woke up,
I was smiling through tears.

The world blurred
this morning.
I couldn't blink away
the saltwater.

I'm alone
in a shell of myself,
and this shell is about
to crack.