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Night Music for Worried Hearts
Your heart is as big as your fist —
a pomegranate, a
too-small-for-anything-worthwhile
Tupperware container, a very nearly
deflated balloon,
my fist if it had three extra fingers.
you are living stardust,
you once pulsated in the same
sky I sometimes cry over
when the night is clear and my soul
is tender.
maybe you are angrier than
you think you should be,
you walk too slowly, speak
too quickly. your bones
are filled with things you should
have said,
but your hummingbird voice, the way
a sigh leaves your lips before
you say hello, your meandering limbs,
your sharp tongue,
ethereal heart, cosmic body
send shivers through my skin,
light my dreams on fire.
have you forgotten
you are a miracle?
© Will
a pomegranate, a
too-small-for-anything-worthwhile
Tupperware container, a very nearly
deflated balloon,
my fist if it had three extra fingers.
you are living stardust,
you once pulsated in the same
sky I sometimes cry over
when the night is clear and my soul
is tender.
maybe you are angrier than
you think you should be,
you walk too slowly, speak
too quickly. your bones
are filled with things you should
have said,
but your hummingbird voice, the way
a sigh leaves your lips before
you say hello, your meandering limbs,
your sharp tongue,
ethereal heart, cosmic body
send shivers through my skin,
light my dreams on fire.
have you forgotten
you are a miracle?
© Will
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