#poemexcerpts

[marisadonnelly]

I will choose you⠀ because when you look at me⠀ you don’t see a body—⠀ you see a soul.

[marisadonnelly]

I don’t want my life to fit in a little box, to bend, ⠀ to mold, to be a certain shape. I want to lean my head back⠀ and take in the sky and all its colors.⠀ I want to stick out my tongue and lick the fresh rain.⠀ I want to squish my toes into dirt and lay⠀ in the green grass and close my eyes.⠀ ⠀ I don’t want to follow rules,⠀ but make my own, soaking⠀ up this earth and all the sunshine. ⠀ ⠀ ____⠀ Book: Somewhere On A Highway⠀

[marisadonnelly]

You are still learning⠀ that beauty blooms⠀ in the darkest of places,⠀ like the flower whose roots⠀ grab hold of the soil⠀ deep underneath the ground,⠀ yes, you will rise⠀ like the stem,⠀ and open your petals to the sky.⠀ ⠀

[marisadonnelly]

Maybe it’s better without your eyes.⠀ _____⠀ Book: Somewhere On A Highway⠀

[marisadonnelly]

When the drops dance on my skin, they are your fingertips,⠀ searching, as if you can simply pry open my rib cage,⠀ find my heart beating underneath layers of bone⠀ for you, even after all this time.⠀

[marisadonnelly]

Leaving meant permanence. ⠀ A permanence I was not ready to admit.⠀

_____ Book: Somewhere On A Highway⠀

[marisadonnelly]

And suddenly, you remembered you were already and always whole.⠀ ⠀ _____ Book: Somewhere On A Highway⠀

[marisadonnelly]

This is for you - in whatever obstacle you’re facing, whatever demons you’re fighting - I hope you know that someone’s thinking of you, praying for you, and loving you with all their heart.⠀ ⠀ ___ Book: Somewhere On A Highway⠀