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Just in Case
February 23, 2016
I don't think you know
don't know if that's OK
better write this for you
maybe seen, maybe not
I want you to know
I wish I could say
Your kindness is true
whether meant, whether thought.
:)
Truth is what's everywhere
You're in one place
when I feel underground
(such disgrace)
it's only a feeling.
Forgetting it sees
your kindness is here
guarding us in its place.
It spreads out its wings
and reaches
pulls up and up
till the grounds below slip
till it and me, we dance.
How to give this dance sound
how to make your words sing...?
I want you to hear it
I want it to ring
--
On bad days, and good ones too
I'm glad if I remember.
Hopefully, I thank the One who reminds me
(naturally or personally).
Hopefully, I also thank you
since you made the memory.
--
The fact you were here
after all this...
after madness and running away
and lost patience
and what could have been threats
after getting excited and pushing too hard
and forcing, using, the wrong hand
and maybe things worse than that
-- I don't know -- you know --
still willing to say hello
every so often
still out loud to admit
we have something in common.
--
That is enough.
It lifts me up from the pit
and we fly to reach every place.
Even if you forget.
Even if you regret.
That is your kindness
still here, it's you
everywhere.
True.
--
The rest of the email:
(Every once in a very rare while, someone keeps me company on a day when I really know I don't deserve it. Not just that I don't (that'd mean a much higher frequency) but that I also know I don't.
It is impossible to know what it seemed like from the other side, but...those times have a special place in my heart.
This is for you, [name].)
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