as i feel my heart start to get heavy
i breathe the sound of surrounding crickets into my body
i dream a bonfire into my belly
and feel the warmth i have felt in the past
remembering laughs that ricochet and bounce and multiply
reaching into the night sky
for a wink of reassurance
that i am, i really am okay
that i’m gonna keep goin, even if dark clouds float
amongst my sways
cuz other people are dancin, twirlin, singin
right along with the pain
[Summer 2019]
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