Bees offer honey

far more readily than they sting.

A girl would rather kill the birds

than listen to them sing.

A boy lives in peace,

knowing that one day he’ll be king.

To fly, you must have wings,

or a job that brings.

In other universes,

ants bend down

and pick up humans, saying,

“What a small thing.”

Somewhere,

there is a girl unable to leave

because of her mother’s

desperate cling.

I prefer winter

over summer,

or happiness,

or spring.

When we are lost,

we unlace our shoestrings.

What is marriage without love,

not just without a ring?

If you don’t look,

how will you understand

what you’re seeing?

I say: I am real,

and I am a human being.

The kindness you’re showing

won’t stop him from fleeing.

Think about it,

life without him

might be much more freeing.