Finding my joy
in the struggle
should get easier
as the time goes,
except you can drown
in shallow water,
and die
from a five foot fall.
Pushing all of this away,
I never asked
why we’re divided.
I just assumed
you didn’t want me,
hated who we were,
judged this life unworthy
in the eyes of time.
I could never explain
the changes
that came over me.
in an instant,
I knew I was different.
She changed the whole world
with just a whisper,
as if the air could not contain
the purity of her intent.
One day,
and then another.
I’ve got to stop
burning away
the edges of the sky.
To appease my past
I can’t sacrifice the future.
I’ll never fly,
until I learn to fall.
HG – 2020
