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about a girl

Tell her I ‘m looking out for her.

Tell her the earth is round and she is able

to walk it back and forth in any style she pleases.

Tell her that fear is part of this life and also joy.

Tell her not to be scared to live.

Tell her that she will get hurt and that she will hurt.

Tell her to dance and eat.

To travel and read.

To be compassionate.

Tell her that she will be right and wrong.

Tell her the darkness comes and then the light. And then again.

Tell her she is beautiful.

Tell her she is loved.

Tell her this is only the beginning.

the whale

A whale found its way into my words.

It was big and soft like too much

love. And tender.

It was smiling. It knew

its way around my body and into

my heart.

It was blue. Or maybe grey.

It fed my belly with light

and water.

It stayed there for a while and taught me

how to swim

freely 

through

the oceans.