Hidden Ocean

She held her grief behind her eyes like an ocean and when she leaned forward into the day it spilled onto the floor and she wiped at it quickly with her foot and pretended no one had seen. - story people

i probably empathise and concurr with this too much, or is that too often? if you keep up the pretense then you can even fool yourself. despite things going well of late, i still get this . holding the ocean at bay.