out of necessity
intent on manifesting
a brighter and better love for me
as a kid i would run for the babies
and my sister to the four legged things
both with longing for the goodness of the truest kind of learning
to see the world anew exactly as it was happening
we are all scientists experimenting
playing with basic elements and divine alchemy
turning and burnishing broken into whole and shiny
if i look hard with love at the you i see inside of me
i find it
far
more
easy
to break down complex and compound
and get back to building

but not this time…

yes.
talking bout self to me
to a self that i care for
and with
and still am learning
to name
to manifest
to re set boundary.
her eyes on
equal to
planets (just dust) (r)evolving 
yes.
i am still and all ways turning 
thank you.
your reflection me roars me
loudly
this is
clear to see
we sew sirius
so proudly
so i’ll just speak gently and plainly
just because we’ve been broken
doesn’t mean we can’t re.frame things. 
i don’t need to ride or die
if you can walk, run, dance, and rest with me
and i can swim, surf, fly and be fly be sides
and i can most often see so many other sides
i know
i no
and yes
and draw clear and blurry lines
b.u.t. we are all ready dying
and we’ve been goin’ round and round for lifetimes
and i’d rather spit, ride, and spin to fully and truly live
than kill time resurrecting and rectifying
i am not calling self any one single thing
i heal with the knowledge of all of our voices and stories
today i am listening and loving deeply
i am cultivating, creating, and surviving
and if my energy is in any way helpful
i am very much obliged

sending love from behind bars to the stars that each of us were and are.

sunshine on your shadow
on your face
and in your heART.