Deeper, more…

Intricately twined.

Left hanging or

used to anchor

Frayed, split off on some ends or

Singed from burning burdens we do not let go of but instead

HOLD

onto for the lack of someone holding me.

Pounding fists and hearts

Discovering rhythms within others that could potentially pair with what I echo

Yet instead; you, him, her- SHE disrupted the pattern I was creating in isolation.

What was I crafting up:

I spiraled there, rose out of ashes here but never once dusted myself off.

Rather I wear the dirt I rolled in well- might I tell you- caked in my loneliness, bitterness, and resentment

Not resting or comforting myself

“Here I am” for the world to view and yes that includes YOU

I greet everyone with a smile, because potentially you’ll see past the shiny things I also wear beautifully,

meet my irises that shadow box with my soul

And that’s where you’ll find me, no heart on my sleeve.

What do I have to trade, offer-give-sell?

Just revelry in the passions of my Spirit growing up human.

Climbing out of the messes I’ve made or the places trouble sought me

And there, is where you’ll reach out, screw the basis of physically

In the sense of touching and enveloping me with a unity only peace can grant

Because, you, also have things to withstand

Neither of us placed above or below

Through the natural breath of love

We found our footing after wandering and wonder

Being alone isn’t the problem,

I thrive fractioned in my individuality where the issue becomes knowledge;

Where the showcase becomes part of the solution

It’s the sharing,the trust, vulnerability.

There exists solidarity, the overcoming of minutia

To journey onto the path and discover:

An intimacy of knowing you are in community.