i want to be a brave person

Jul 08, 2024

I want to hold life’s tensions

in the palm of my hand,

acknowledge the joys

and the sorrows,

cry with those feeling broken,

and at the right time, remind them

‘heaven is yours’.

How those packed tears

pearl down,

collaborating with my prayers

about the pains of life.

In its wake, hands lift upwards and stretch as far as the body allows,

granting fingertips to graze the space above,

receiving love

to ensure my heart remains supple,

uncalloused.

Darkness is not my dictator.

Because, I want to be a brave person,

seeing life through clear eyes,

unconfused by my being here

or your being here

or their being here.

Love

cheers me on, outrageously triumphant

and coos over my weary mind

whispering in my ear, convincing my body to

be swayed to it, luxuriated by it

- a compelling idea

backed up with much evidence,

indisputable.

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