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A fragile and feathery hope grows in my chest
\nIt tickles my ribcage and brushes against my cheeks
\nLike the kiss of a bird\u2019s wing as it takes flight.
\nThe moment suspended
\nBetween the weight of the world
\nAnd the unburdened sky.<\/p>\n
Small and tender hearted
\nThis alien thing grows inside of me.
\nAt night I feed it quietly with whispered dreams
\nAnd words I am too afraid to say aloud.
\nI do not yet know whether it will become
\nFriend or foe to me as it grows.<\/p>\n
My mind crushes it slowly with sharp edges
\nPredicted in the cloudy sphere
\nOf crystal balls and etched lines in overworked palms.
\nBut still at night, when the lights have disappeared
\nIt is just me and the nascent hope
\nEvolving to be something more than me.<\/p>\n
I refuse to let it die but only acknowledge it
\nIn moments of secrecy stolen between
\nSorrow and high-soaring ecstasy.
\nIf I look it in the eye and declare its name
\nIt may just consume me whole
\nBefore I know how to control the chaos it brings.<\/p>\n
I know I have been unfair to you
\nBorn of such happiness and light
\nBut forced to be a creature of darkest night;
\nI made you into this monster
\nOut of the fear that if I held you too tight
\nYou would disappear faster than a bird taking flight.<\/p>\n
Now you are with me forever
\nEtched into every bone
\nLike the words of a love letter
\nThat never found a heart to call home.
\nThis ribcage you once inhabited
\nTransformed into a cage you will never escape.<\/p>\n
I feel you waking up again
\nTesting the limits of your confines
\nWith a wingspan broader than the horizon.
\nI hear you tapping against my bones
\nA morse code warning of all we could be
\nOr a threat that soon you may break free.<\/p>\n
My chest creaks under the pressure of your presence
\nSmall yet persistent, this fragile thing
\nBegins to break through my bones
\nLike a flower growing through the cracks in the pavement
\nYearning for the sun\u2019s light and fresh air.
\nI can contain you no longer.<\/p>\n
Will this creature be beautiful or broken?
\nMaybe it will be a bit of both.
\nHeavy with my whispered dreams and secret hopes
\nWill it be able to take flight?
\nMy fragile and feathery hope takes wing
\nLeaving me behind to wonder at our small destiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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