Certain and truthful
Your divine self
Not a deity
But still so damn divine
Super and powerful
And superpower filled
Finally and fiercely
Shall step in
Save the day and declare
You’re an unwounded warrior
Don’t you know?
Safe. Us, together.
Words. Protection for the skin.
We need them. Sometimes.
We each do need to save ourselves
To move through
To move on, if we’re lucky
This picture
This paint, these colors, peeling
Won’t always be adhered to this wall
This wall won’t always be
Talk to me and I’ll talk to you
Scream if you need to
I sometimes do
Alone, on our own, for now
But someday we’ll talk with eachother
It’s what the sage says
Sacred space, take me back
Spare me from such wav’ring souls
Protected, I, despite the spears
Higher there than daggers after me
Nested
Sunlit
Hardwood floors, art-deco skies
Resonate my clicking heels
Close these eyes to all I wish
Airy space, take me back
Keep your kisses
From my neck
Save them
Save me
Until, at last
Saturday
I decorated myself with you
Reached, but in no way grasped
Sprinkled you about me
Without the care whether or where
You landed
Beautifully, making a mess
Twice, I was asked incredulously
Is this safe

Burning morningstar
Did you see you saving me
From the sleepless night
I’m sorry never seems precise
When the sunrise fades too quickly
Into the waiting arms of 6:38am clouds
I will not so utter the words
Or promise tomorrow will be better
For I know the brilliant was glad for today
And that I was awake to see it at all
Yours is the me
Okay
Who has let down her hair
And called out the youth
To know its own name
Is
Okay
I’ll tether starlight
To your wandering heartstrings
When darkness bids “come”