Mountains
There are days
I wish I could move
My own mountains
Days I wish I could fix
Broken bones and tattered clothes
With my own force of will
And invisible strength
But I can’t
On most occasions.
And even when your arms are tired
From yesterday’s breaks
Scrapes and bruises
You say
Let me help you
And together
I think we could move the world
Or maybe it’s only you.
You are in pain,
I think,
Confused from so many
Shards of stolen problems
Between your fingers.
I think
Your hands must be weak
From catching every piece of me
I thought I might lose
You kept them safe
Until I could be
Fused back together
I think I owe my
Completion
To your patience
Like a puzzle you never
Quite gave up on
But where are your missing pieces?
Maybe we can solve our
Jigsaw minds together
Break ourselves into spare parts
And reconnect them
Finding a new self-certainty
Behind cardboard cut-out doubts and
Paper Mache pains
I think you could construct
A civilization on your back
Written in backbones and
Impossibly resilient heartstrings
Just stop for a moment
And listen.
Though you are the ears
The shoulders
And heart
To every person falling apart
You have your own monsters
To face
The ones you try to erase
With words
But sometimes your pens run dry
So here,
Use mine.
I think it is interesting
How even when
You’re so broken
You are the one that
Holds me together
I know, it isn’t fair.
Maybe we can break down
Our wall of insecurities
Together
And rebuild.
I’ll bring the matches
If you bring the vodka
We’ll set fire to the ashes
When it’s all
Been burned down
Don’t worry about the smoke
No one will notice
A sky filled with poetry.
I think you could move
The world
On your shoulders.
You may not realize your own
Strength
But I can see it
I have watched you move the earth
Just to prove
I was never alone
I think you deserve all the words
I can sew together
And it may take a lifetime to say
Thank you
So let me start here.
There are days I wish I could move
My own mountains
And even when your arms are
Tired
From your own breaks and bruises
You say
Let me help you
We build a tunnel through
Whatever I am harboring
Until I can see stars
Again.
You never let me forget
There are stars
Or sky
Or sunlight behind the clouds
I know what I say
May not change your view
But if I could I would paint you
In truth
So you would not be the exact same you
But a person with much less doubt
With less pain on your mind
And monsters at your side
You deserve a break from
Being the one who can never
Be broken
So let me help you
Move your mountains
Fill your life with smokey poetry
Remind you there is a sky full of
Stars behind those clouds
Let me be your patience for now