A beautiful woman helping me

pick something off the menu to eat

asks about my diet. I pause

I smile

Chocolate croissant-filled moment

behind her back

I go to sleep to bedtime stories

told by friends from different spaces

I wake up to music played

by people I admire so

I share this world with creatures

of beauty and gifts

I just couldn't be more in love

could I

Times I repeat the same story

is less and fewer

For we're moving forward

What's the point of those lies

We're made believe

there's only one way

to germs and the alphabet

workouts and travel

raising, being and proving

I don't take this one way

so where do we touch

Don't fear unconsciously

Emotions, chaos, losses

Dive in, retrieve the gift

Feel it all, become deprived

end up love abundant