hangovers are alright
when the night before you sang out loud with friends in a garage
and swung upside down from monkey bars in a park at 6am

feeling broken isn't so bad
when you have friends who tell you they love you
and want to see you smile
and feel welcome
and feel safe
because that's what family does
and they're no different

i think the world wanted me to feel and become something different last night
in order to do so i couldn't let you be the one exception from being so closed-off for so long

even though part of me wants to cradle an ice pack against my skull
today
i feel liberated
i feel alive