acceptance

I want to tell you
loudly
than any outward success of my own
was never as
unfathomable
as lasting
as bottomless
as your unyielding acceptance:
such love has the depth of
pain and failure
hope
and life

Living Water

So long, for so long
I restlessly dipped my feet in the water
Occasionally feeling a splash

I want all of you.
I heard it.
Three times I heard it.

And finally I admitted
That I don’t know how.
How do I move?

But I made my choice.
I’m going under
No matter the cost.

And a wave crashed into me
I was overtaken
Swirling

Drowning.

And this death
redefined me.

Hungry for Something New

Died of starvation
Everything was insipid

Dissect this cadaver
And you’ll find
That my eyes could no longer see
And my skin could no longer feel
Ears couldn’t listen

Halfheartedly living this senseless life

What kills me is that
Apathy was my own choice