those who tell you
the world doesn’t work
that way are
tired of their world
not working
and thus
hope you
deaf
numb
helpless
are a solution
to those untold
*
they healed me
from open wounds
but i realized then
while holding onto them
like a bandaid
that i could not see
beyond them
could not see the edge
to which i would be led to
with hopes that the cuts
hadn’t closed
if only to grip on more more
before the fall
*
i regret
not having
had regrets
with i
*
your long hair
makes you look
like a girl
son
but mom
if i am a girl
i am a reflection
of the most beautiful
i know
you
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