from where you’re at

Watch what you say
the types of words you allow tongue to give birth to can turn you
inside out
no one will have to tell you, “your internal organs are showing”
you’re bound to bleed out everywhere you stop to rest
trailed by all of that intimate evidence

know there are no answers
you are the answer that you’re after
no one else is asking the same questions
trust me,
you don’t want them to

become the type of person you want to wake up to in the morning
stop looking in the mirror and counting your blessings
they don’t believe lines
they will not wait

instead
buy more pens
sleep next to a stack of paper higher than all the reasons you have to doubt
don’t be afraid to scribble out your dreams upon waking
they are not as impossible to capture as they will tell you in school and on TV
you can be whatever the hell you want to be
your words can be bigger than billboards

read from where you’re at
I can’t say much for the rest of the world, but I promise
I will meet you there