The First And Only Home

thank you,
i whisper to the body i have hated for so long.
thank you for being home.
sure, sometimes it doesn't feel quite right...
but home can be a transition place.
my body will stay with me-
it's here for the long haul.
so thank you,
i say,
for letting me scream and cry and shout,
and wish away everything,
but still you find ways to show me the beauty,
in what i have been given.

New Leaf

VT

18 years old

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  • Evergreen

    Evergreen sprigs line
    The path I took 
    Down the river
    And past the old saw mill

    Here birds sing in shrill cacophony
    And my heart beats in tune
    To each whistle

    Faster, faster
    My thick skinned feet sing
  • die tonight

    if i were to die tonight,
    i wonder what color your tears would be.
    if i were to die tonight,
    what flowers would you pick to remember me?
    if i were to die tonight,
    i wonder how you'd remember me.
    you told me,
    once,