The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems/Repulse

by Georgia Douglas Camp Johnson

REPULSE

Nobody cares when I am glad, I beat upon their hearts in glee, "Drink, drink joy's brimming cup with me," All echoless, my ecstasy—Nobody cares when I am glad.

Nobody cares when I am sad, Whene'er I seek compassion's breast, I falter wounded from my quest Back! back into my heart, sore prest—Nobody cares when I am sad.