How can I narrate the painful story of my ruined heart to someone who cannot even bear to hear that the world has turned bad?
Imagine trying to share the deepest, heaviest sorrow of your broken heart with someone who gets overwhelmed by ordinary bad news. The poet laments this quiet loneliness—the listener is so sheltered or fragile that they cannot bear the simple reality of the world being unkind. When someone lacks the emotional capacity to face life's everyday cruelty, expecting them to hold the weight of your shattered heart is an impossible wish.
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