you are a story.do not become a word.one word.because you want to be loved.love does not ask you to be nothingforsomething.–– name

and i heard her say, ‘you are afraid of love. but love is not afraidof you.

be easy.take your time.you are cominghome.to yourself.— the becoming | wing

i walk intoa poemand walk out someone else.— writing

i want to keep our body above water.you want to make us a fish.— fish

the prayers where we do not wish others well.for all the brilliant. fetid. noxious. reasons.the prayers we want to wash from the sky. as soon as they leaveour imagination.the ones born with no bones. so they leave no trace.the harmful prayers. we pray.becausewe have been harmed.we are forgiven those too.— the soft law (forgiveness)

i have a life to garden.a multiverse to wake from sleep.— giants

do not choose the lesser life.do you hear me.do you hear me.choose the life that is. yours.the life that is seducing your lungs.that is dripping down your chin.

there is dark.andthere is anti light.these are not the same things.