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Rudy Francisco

Helium

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  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    Muscle is created by lifting things

    that are designed to weigh us down.

    When your shoulders are heavy

    stand up straight and call it exercise.
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    When your day is a museum of disappointments,

    hanging from events that were outside of your control,

    when you feel like your guardian

    angel put in his two weeks notice two months ago

    and just decided not to tell you,

    when it seems like God

    is just a babysitter that’s always on the phone,

    when you get punched in the esophagus

    by a fistful of life.

    Remember,

    every year

    two million people die of dehydration.

    So it doesn’t matter if

    the glass is half full or half empty.

    There’s water in the cup.

    Drink it and stop complaining.
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    Most people have no idea

    that tragedy and silence

    often have the exact same address.
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    Tell me how blessed are we to have tragedy

    so small it can fit on the tips of our tongues.
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    I’m learning

    that I don’t always

    have to make noise

    to be seen,

    that even my silence

    has a spine, a rumble

    and says, I’m here

    in its native tongue.
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    So I’ve never caught a live grenade

    with my bare hands.

    So I don’t know exactly how it feels,

    but I imagine it’s a lot like getting a text

    that says, “Hey, we really need to talk.”
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    The kids are playing

    a game that they made up themselves

    and changing the rules every five minutes.

    Their smiles are so big, you can fit history

    inside of them and still have room for right

    now and the future.
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    Today, I’m trying to perfect the art

    of enjoying my own company.

    I am exercising isolation

    and letting it flex in front

    of the mirror like my

    proudest muscle.

    Some days, it’s just me

    by myself, the room

    is at capacity

    and there is nothing

    more enticing than silence.
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    Forgiveness
    is the well that all of my water

    comes from.

    I pour it over my past, apologize

    to my reflection.

    He accepts.
  • Lucy E. Cosmeciteerde uit6 maanden geleden
    She asks me to kill the spider.

    Instead, I get the most

    peaceful weapons I can find.

    I take a cup and a napkin.

    I catch the spider, put it outside

    and allow it to walk away.

    If I am ever caught in the wrong place

    at the wrong time, just being alive

    and not bothering anyone,

    I hope I am greeted

    with the same kind

    of mercy.
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