you must whisper
when shattered pieces
keep you
from flying again
into the calm of wild seas
they shimmer there
languishing exposed
in each harsh sunray
when eyes can do nothing now
but watch clouds pass
from rock bottom of that well
black into azure and startling white
they blink back tears
burning with the memories
of wide open fields
when heart suddenly dwells
on the outside
beyond bone walls
where no harness exists
it flickers there
stuttering in exposed panic
with shallow breath
when each cell turns
twisted insides out
contents spilling
flooding swiftly away
they writhe in fearful question
quivering into the void
of empty spaces
before
flesh knits together anew
or eye sees the truth of that sky
before
heart thrums with birth-right abandon
or cells fill in with light of that love
within each breath
and into
every
single molecule
you must
whisper
yes
-tyanne conner 2017