H u m a n

Whether you come from the throws of anxiety
Of day to day stress and high stakes highways
Or the frustration of realization of our own human limitations
Whether your skin is purple blue green yellow or mahogany
Our hands are the same and you can rely on me
To reach out with mine, to open your eyes, while still respecting your boundaries
For each soul who’s felt burdened so heavy with baggage
For each person weighed down with the weight of “being average”
each number they're counting, you’re more than a percentage
No matter if you come with or without privilege money or fame
No matter if you forget until you’ve forgotten your very own name
If you come from a land that’s a whole different place
Whether you put your faith in religion,  yourself, our whole world, or have lost faith
Whether you see yourself as something different
Or you love somebody who maybe isn’t who everybody else wants you to choose
If You need a smile or a accepting shrug
Whether you seek books or a heartfelt hug
You are human
And humans are made to be loved. 

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

More by Inkpaw

  • The Boxes In The Corner

    Looming over your shoulders

    Each stack higher than its former

    Every thought and every scrap

    Of an idea too scared to ponder

     

    Every moment that hurt

    Each minute that lingered longer

  • Inadequacy


    How do I push the words out
    From behind my taffy tongue 
    Thick with salty tears 
    And full of grubby thumb 


    I’m a child 
    Pretending that I’m numb 
    To escape the overwhelming feelings 

  • Paper Frogs

    Why

    When feet fall soft but quick 

    Does the hallway extend

    And the hot breath of whoever’s behind me feel hotter 

    Why do I stay pressed to the wall 

    Like a stubborn gruby sticker