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.
Yes you do! Beautiful poem, and inviting vision, Shannon. Thank you!
Thanks,Jay!
This is a really good poem
Thank you!