I’m drenched and sodden
Soul weeping
The wound
The grief
Nothing is right
I’m fine, really
Maybe the shaking is fear
Sadness rumbling
I delay eating
An odd and old form of
Self punishment
Maybe this time I can just stop
Needing so much
Love
Nutrients
Sunshine
Shed the fat
Shed the fear
Shed the shackles
Lean and unafraid
Maybe I could be loved better
Love better
Maybe I could be okay
Maybe I could be good enough
Someday
I plant seeds daily
Affirmations
Hope
Desolately resolute
To remain
Reluctant appetite
Incessant
Demanding
Want want want
Always lacking
There’s never enough time
Not enough food
Not enough love
Until there’s too much of everything
I’m cold and hot and lost
I’m courageous and bold and caught
Take my hand
Once
Knuckles sliding down my cheek
Thumb away the final tear
Speak
Tell me I’m fine
So I can be okay
