I used to be afraid.
Of what? I wonder.

Now that everything is gone.

going home isn’t always
returning to a place.
sometimes
it is returning to yourself.

Your hands
are a cage
that tame
a restless
heart

his
unseen
hands
unlock bars
and unleash
a wild thing

I am a
bird in
flight
now

set free

the skies
are mine
to taste

the oceans
mine to
drink

I am man -
less

and blossoming

without
constraints
of love

Love is not blind,
but he who did not see your worth.

everything is heavy
it hurts to move
it hurts to breathe
i just want this
pain to end
this drama
i’m sick of worrying
whether or not people
think i’m a monster
i just want to be left alone
god, please
just leave me alone

Mom always said
You reap what you sow
Maybe god mixed up my garden