humorous

we laughed until our cheeks hurt
our sides torn
tears streaming
breath gone

and then

we laughed more
until the sun came up
and the birds laughed too
to see us rolling
helpless on the ground

acclimation

it took years
to get used to it
really feeling
like i belong

i would have stayed
if the world weren’t changing
but it is
you know
it is

and so many things
out there
are better than anything
i’ve found right here

it’s time for the new
exciting discoveries
just beyond
fingertips
reaching

burbling

stagnant though its sister lies
gathering green
harboring flies
this brook babbles loudly
telling anyone that will listen
how wonderful it is
to flow onward
without fear
for the world is wonderful
beginning here

i just like it

all the little things
like never asking why
when i offer crazy ideas
listening carefully
and showing a bit of enthusiasm
when my heart’s on the line
honesty even in the hard things
we know we can count on each other

because of these
my fear is gone

expanding

once so comforting
now the small spaces close in
hiding from me
everything that occurs beyond
constricting till I can’t breathe

I just might explode
if left here
for another day
of grueling
back breaking
mediocrity

old cuts

when nights grow darker
and i begin to lose faith
yours are the voices i hear
calling out to me
telling me that everyone else
has the same problems as me
only they’ve been able to handle them
so why can’t i
and if i can’t
why don’t i disappear
my absence would be unnoticed
since i am not even due the respect
i would show to an animal

shall i exist

they all say you should want this
to continue pushing through
suffering for the good of others
never your own gain
but theirs
that they may not know the loss
of your departure
and you may never know the blessed stillness
that lies beyond