Feelings

We put together a delicate thing 

and a delicate thing took it away

Alive to Love

What greatness I have learned 

from getting back up 

trying again

and leaning into love 

now I remember 

to catch myself

stand up for myself

lean on you 

lean on me

remember, this is greatness

wake up

and do it all over again

The Story

I am safe here

safe in this box

that I imagine are your hands

it’s in there I build 

a better person than you can believe. 

Before I Erupt

It’s okay to say I’m strong

even when all the pain
starts to swell up,
coming from
somewhere
     deep down,
     below,
     traveling through my throat
     so fast

     I might miss my chance to
     swallow another time
before it runs out my mouth,
before it burns a hole through my chest,
before I stop being soft,
because this time
I’ll get through the days
I’ve gone through the years.