I’ve been told you can grow from love

no matter

which part of it you are holding

I was on the giving end

rocking through manipulation

relationships so pale they glowed

a half vanishing dilemma

teaching me that one can also grow from pain

 

Packing lighter

harder to unravel

no longer fearful of missing out

I long to give up everything

there are no comforting excuses for anyone’s behavior

that makes me tear out a page

of myself

 

I knew I had to eliminate something

so I told my children stories

so they could see my human

and not hold me to the sky

 

I tell them to place my feet on the dirt road next to yours

allow me to stand in the shade with you

let the air wrap around us four

like a hug

 

I am just like you

We are in a moment

that will pass soon enough

see me as someone

you can hold understanding for