Opening your eyes.
Waking to a new horizon.
A single line of light
describes the curvature
of another place,
another body.
Everything feels different.
Conscious now
of vague details
that tell a new story
of your life.
Do you remember
opening your hands?
Do you remember
opening your heart?
Do you remember
opening your arms
and embracing
something you were not?
Now, here you are.
Try this new life
on for size.
Is it real?
Or, is this one also a lie?
Does it matter
if you move
from simulation
to simulation,
like parts
in a script?
What could be more real
than this?
The Sun upon your skin.
New air in your lungs.
New thoughts in your head.
Haven’t felt this way
since you were very young.
It’s okay to be afraid,
but it’s also
okay to be hopeful.
Choices you made
have brought you here,
sure as others
made life awful.
Go ahead
and stretch your wings.
See what you can do.
No limitations.
Spend some time
in this new sky.
Take in the morning light.
Let today be the first
of a new life.
You can choose to leave
all that weight behind
and come up to a
new piece of sky
Somewhere you can fly.
Your feet
don’t ever
have to touch the ground
again.
HG – 2022
