My Rediscovery of Me

as if united,
we explore abandonment,
neglect our shared bonds

as my insides rot
I imagine lost futures
and mourn the present

all I’d ever known
was denial of my skill
but I unleashed me

hide and go nowhere
tag and you’ve spent a lifetime
practicing defeat

laughs like explosions
her lips loaded with fault lines
in the clear, we shake

impatience is waiting
for nominal acceptance
and forever is nothing

with walls open wide
break from unforgiving fates
come into yourself

I save space to catch
my spirit should we ever
decide to crumble

wilderness exists
in the natural state
of we who resist

neglect of feelings
deters only your heart from
finding its center