capacity

capacity

sometimes, you can't know the capacity of something
until it's just about to burst
the trouble is
calibrating the vessel to figure out
where that point is
and then, there's the mess that results
when the vessel breaks
and the stuff spills
all over the place

sometimes, you can't know the capacity of a woman
until she's about to burst
the trouble is
there is no calibrating a woman
to figure out
where that point is
and then, there's the mess that results
when she finally breaks
and people look down at her
in her broken state
emotions, hurts, secrets
spilled
all over the place

sometimes, you can't know the capacity
of a woman
unless you try to see
where the calibration marks are
because they're there
if you observe
carefully
and the point is
there won't be a mess
because there won't be a break
because he saw the marks
(they're called scars)
and opened himself up
to make room for the stuff
that now, won't spill
all over the place
because two became one

and capacity increased
exponentially