dreams

to love myself

to know i am loved

to know myself

to love i am known

to make mistakes

and know i will not be abandoned

to abandon myself

in the pursuit of the unknown

to find myself

vulnerable

in the unknowable expanse of the great beyond

to solidify

to care less

not less for the plights of the world large and small

but less for people’s words and opinions to lance my open heart

and leave me with nothing left

for myself and my loved ones

for the world

— sixteenandahalf august twothousandzerohundredstwentyfive