I live my life like this

I live my life

skin on skin

bow on strings

hand to your heart

dancing 

in my own living room

 

I live my life like this

 

I live my life

ripping off the bandages

that hide

the wounds 

we’d rather you not see

but must in order to heal

 

I live my life like this

 

Prone to tears and laughter

to hibernating in winter

and abandoning in music

and rhyme

and love

 

I live my life like this

 

Listening to 3 year-olds

and the creek

and the singsong of your voice 

over coffee

 

When all is said and done,

I hope you will have found me

swimming into the sea of questions

naked and smiling

and choosing wisely

and also easily

those with whom 

I spoke the truth of me

even before it had congealed 

 

I want to say

I was the actress

I adapted the script with you

taking care that we would both shine

I want to say

I was unforgiving with the injustice of the world

and unrepentant in mercy

and persistent in prayer

 

I live like this. I will live like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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