Today my friend looked me in the eyes and told me that If I give any more of myself away, I’m not going to have any parts left for myself But I don’t need any more of me. I have too much of me. I want to give it all away. Even when I know that it’ll end up at the bottom of your backpack
or forgotten in a laundry basket
or on the ground outside of your favorite coffee shop
I want to give and give until you can’t empty out your pockets without finding pieces of me. I want you to go to a baseball game, sing the national anthem, and put your hand over your heart Only to realize that there’s a perfect indention in the shape of my hand in the middle of your chest, pushing Beating for you I want to fill your lungs with my breath Even though I know I’ll never get it back Just so I know every sigh is of me I want to be your oxygen mask To suffocate knowing that you can breathe a little bit easier I’ll give my hands to your ribcage, So maybe I can feel how you hold yourself together. I’ll give my lips to your body Leaving secrets down your neck, and your shoulder blades, your hip bones Stitch together the scars you’ve left open with the most private parts of me Until you can hold another person in your arms without splitting yourself apart I want to give it all away. Until I run out of me to give you, or things to leave behind And once you’ve collected all of me. Every hidden inch of my being When you find me under your fingernails,
in the melody of your favorite song
Hidden in your bedsheets
And all I can do is rework the scraps I have left Into a frame that might resemble a person who remains Unapologetically full