Fear? she said,
feeling the fire of a soul
ready to be heard.
I dare you.
Just watch me.

Fear? she said,
feeling the fire of a soul
ready to be heard.
I dare you.
Just watch me.
It’s time to speak the words I too often hide.
Because, actually, silence can kill.
And words can change the world for the better.
It’s time to love my life like I only have one.
Because I do only have one.
Well, that’s what some people think, anyway.
It’s time to answer the questions that hide within the book of me.
I can’t erase them until I’ve answered them.
And I need more room in that book to write the rest of my life.
It’s time for me to stop letting the big meanies win all the time.
Because big meanies think that doughnuts are only for eating.
I mean, really. Whoever would think a sensible thing like that?
Yesterday
I cried for the train that left my sad eyes
at the station.
But yesterday wasn’t today.
Today
I understood why the train had to leave
without me.
It was so I would go in search
of my wings.
It was so I would remember
how nice it feels
to fly.