*|SEPIA|*

shes still out there you know
since that first dream
when you were fifteen
when she first told you
shes been listening since the beginning
in every time you close your eyes
in every time you open them
in that fluttering and slight space
between asleep and awake
in your fits and in your flails
shes in your wrists
and in your hips
she sparks like static
when you adjust your cap
she sings when you graze
your left foot against the concrete
and she she sings loudest
in that split second
when your right foot stomps
the skate kick to the ground
when you come to a stop
you can see her in everything
when you shut up
and speak
when you find that silence
that lasts long enough
that a single tear creeps its way out
from between the lack of sounds
when you lay naked and alone on the sheets
when you are conscious
of every square inch of skin on your body
all at once
when you hugged that massive
tree branch tightly enough
you could not tell where you ended
and the rest of gaia began

never be afraid

NEVER