maelynslavik

It was like your second cousin,

the one who stopped coming

to Thanksgiving

most of the time

but shows up sometimes

and you remember a picture

of her holding baby you

with blond curls and energy always

i wanted to be a writer

collected words to form my thoughts

                              to dictate what i felt but couldn't say

i know all the words, of course. who doesn't? we are practically

brainwashed into our knowing, having to stand and face the flag

(when did you learn that it was hand over heart &

If kindness requires true intelligence, and intelligence is necessary for progress, striving for kindness would make progress inevitable.