opened

Her body is rock

not like stone

but like

back and forth

whichever way the day takes her

but that makes her like

a wave so when

she tries to hug the shore

something pulls her back and when

she wants to run away

something forces her forward

Her mind is a book

but it’s in every language you can’t

speak

Her heart is like

her mother’s jewelry

box full

with gestures of

affection crowned with

chains linked golden

around her ventricles

flowing through her veins

pooling back into her heart

diamonds

embedded into its walls

Beautiful and heavy

But she will love you

for love has been through her

so often she calls it

God

and guides her as the moon

is a light for anyone who will follow

And she wants to be

swallowed by the sky

wants to feel like

she is apart of something

she can’t explain

and like there is enough

room to unbind

let loose the chains

and just shine

like a star

and even if she were to fall

someone will wish on her

and hope would be the last

gift she would give

the final piece to cut out

and because of it maybe

someone will live

Her eyes are opening

she wants to find

the world

though she is distant as the moon

when it is trying to pull the sea

but pull it

she does

sleeping prayer

Escape like the world

just got a little too small

for you to get lost in it

Pull at your frayed edges

let the strings come undone

Let there be stars that beckon

to be laid under

and gazed upon like

they’ve woven answers throughout

the constellations

and beg for you to question them

Let sleep cast you away

like a fishing hook on a rod

into a sea of dreams

let its current pulsate through your

veins and decide where to take you

Your legs will carry you faster

than you want them to but

let them

for you’ve trained them

to get you where you need to go

When you’re finished

crawl up to the shore

feel the sand beneath your deadened body

pick it up in your hands

watch as it falls through the cracks

and feel okay about it

because this is one thing

that you’re supposed to

let slip through your fingers