making made made

don’t fret

to feel nothing

is to be

for it was here first

still is

containing the universe in

ceaseless bounds

that stretches like fingers to warm water

to hold the stories that feel your pain

of being

*

rejection is a gift

it allows you the moment to reassess

to reconsider

to see where where might be present

*

if you have failed

know that this is what it takes

to go to to

the preposition that connects you

to your wants and feelings and aspirations

which include knowing how

to no fail if

*

i am pretty sure

there is probably no good way to explain depression

but maybe this is as close as we

can approximately get

–

*

i have spent my life

thinking i will make it

but it has spent me

made me not me

made me not have my life