Some days i feel everything
all at once
then others
I'm petrified to bare the pain that then I feel nothing at all.
So what's worse
drowning beneath the waves
or dying from the thirst

tell me
talk to me
ask
don't be afraid to
just
ugh
tell me what's wrong
and
woman.
the.
****.
up.

there are words
hidden in trees
and growing in flowers.
there are words
between people's lips
and in songs being carried
by the summer breeze.
there are words
on our fingertips
and lingering in our ears.
there are words
left unspoken
and there are some
that were spoken
all too quickly.
there are words
in our body  
and in everything
that is alive.
because life is
a combination of words
and we're just trying
to make them rhyme.

i want to tell our daughter about how we fell in love for the second time
i don’t want to tell her about our first
i’ll start in the middle of our story and make my way from you
to us