*freewrite, not poem.
this one was about synonyms. i started with carried, because i kept choosing really terrible words like fear and anger. kurt is tagged because i used his line.
i am carried.
all my life
I've been stumbling over
my biography's disability
through this quicksand
and I'm sure I'm still sinking
because,
"baby, I'm heavy."
you know better than I
flying never was
my spiritual gift
but they tell me
they can still see my toes.
I was sure they drowned
years ago.
I haven't ability,
but these days it's
the loss of my footprints
that bequeathed me
my humility back.
I am far from weightless
but you reminded me again,
that you would never expect me
to grow wings.
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I really really like this.
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