Crying in the Bathroom

by Kalli Dakos

I'm crying in the bathroom
and need to take a break,
from a heart that is too heavy,
and a head that always aches.

I'm crying in the bathroom,
for a life that lost its glue-
Mommy's house,
Daddy's place,
pulled apart in two.

I'm crying in the bathroom,
where I can be alone,
away from kids and teachers,
and the sadness of my home.