Everything and Everyone
I was only just beginning
I was only just
I took off my layers
my shame my skin
I said “if I know you I know you”
and everything we need to be good
and settled is just a small breath away
I took it lower
my whole face
against the parking lot pavement
some are born this way
I’ve seen it happen
enough gets taken
and a person becomes gone inside
I’m done with cruelty
with small hands mouths minds
let them have it
whatever this is
when they ask you what you love
tell them: everything
everything
and everyone
and I am only just beginning.