Let Me Dream
"“Let me dream outside of gravity Somewhere that failure is a foreign word Outside of a world where sidewalk chalk kingdoms disintegrate and roll away Let me hide in my imagination-where paper mache does not wilt in the rain”
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Grow
“If you have been given a plate full of injustice, use it to grow empathy”
A Shy Visitor
“The rain taps on my window like a shy visitor With groceries and fresh flowers”
First Graders
“Is there a word for one step further than fear? When fear breaks through the walls A machete swinging While you sit glazed over in the rubble”
Tears
“I’ve collected my tears today and given each of them a name”
What A Shame
“It's strange and extraordinary To stand here looking over the waterfall Closer to the end sooner than I expected Feeling the threat of death spray my face”
A Single Firefly
“There is a single firefly flashing in the field tonight Blinking slow and steady, watching for an answer back”
NIGHTBIRDE
“Bullet holes and bruises And some kind of story Some kind of miracle Some kind of bird that sang through the night”
Winter
“The trees are sleeping, no kindling to be gathered All we have is what we have built when the days were long And they have shortened their answer To only an exhale”
Whole
“If my spirit could make a sound It would crumble freeway bridges It would shake the clouds so violently That they would forget how to be clouds Just like l've forgotten what it feels like To be whole”
A Break in the Treeline
“He strapped me down and spoon-fed me Injustice, confusion, and rage Until I was too full to move. He told me this is all there is.”
The Risk Of Gratefulness
“We don't get to choose in this life whether or not we suffer But we do get to choose what we are willing to suffer for”
Human
“They borrow my blood And put it in a category It's a passionate burgundy But it's still in the vial And I am still sitting here Exactly as I shouldn't be”
White Stag
“ I saw with my eyes The white stag that we all stubbornly hope for What we muster up the strength to believe in UNCONDITIONAL LOVE”
No Longer Human
“I’m sitting on white paper again My blood is in a clear bottle with a blue top It should be whizzing about inside me through loops and turns But it’s standing still, exactly as it shouldn’t be”
Sun & Moon
“Nothing much has changed Since I have been running from the sun Many nights of rest I've missed By chasing the moon around the planet Afraid that the sun will see and speak the truth about me”
Distance
"I can't put out the fire But I'll stay with you While the edges of the night grind against your temples"
A Place Called Here
"A place called here, is somewhere I don’t know very well. Here is the place between the past and the present. Here is the place where the memories are. But I don’t love them until later, When I am looking for their pieces between the seats in my car On the way to the next"
If I Was To Die
“But I would like to die While the fireflies are still glowing Morse coding their poetry for a cynical earth”
Shattered Wide Enough
“These months have put fractures through me, shaken my bones, shattered open my heart. The miracle about it is that my heart was opened just wide enough to let all the beauty in.”