Misfit

a misfit in most places 
I find relief and liberation
in the company
of strangers

I can pretend
I'm just like them

give it to me

give me your pain 

let me carry it for you 

I am not suffering 

but you are 

give me your pain 

I know it is not mine to carry 

but please

let me help

joy

song in my body

spring in my step

heart so full

it's going to explode

in this moment

life is worth living 

swim

i like many things about swimming 

but what i like best 

is finding weightlessness 

i'm buoyant  

unburdened by my own thoughts 

unbothered by what the world wants from me 

watch me

​I'm going to do it

I'm going to do it all

I'm going to have it all 

Don't ask me to slow down

I'm hurtling forward at top speed 

return

​I want nothing in return

for loving you

I watch you
smile and laugh
live your life
with so much joy
I don't mind if I'm not in it

all of me

if i could 

i would sit down with you 

in a quiet corner  

and hold your hands in mine 

and in that slot of time 

i would give you 

all of me 

later, we will forget and move on 

life will take over

we will get busy

but one day you will remember

that you and i sat down 

in a quiet corner 

and shared this moment 

one day you had 

all of me

you're okay

you're okay, they said 

you're doing fine

you're doing great

and she died while

crying out that she wasn't