Gentle, Gentle

We are not just the sum of who we've been

All of us

Complicated angels

Strange, and beautiful, and weird of a kind

The world is magic how else can it be?

Be gentle. Gentle!

When the pain gate opens wide

Swallows us in whole

Building the things we are gonna need

But we can't see it yet

Some kinds of lightning don't want to be seen

We get jump-started into this thing

With a purple rain storm

And end up with a grey heart full of rocks

Busy on our way to right now

Speeding towards this second

Showing up early for the next one

Pushing us to our next meaning

Different, every time we try

Gentle now

We are not just the sum of our mistakes

We live so many lives in a day

And we numb most of it away

Forgive yourself

If you can

For who you you've been

You didn't know then

I have spent most of my life running

As hard as I can

Breaking things

And then try to fix them behind my back

So you can't see the mess I'm making

Here, can you fix it?

But be careful

Careful!

This is all I get

I'm gonna make mistakes

And then mend

And then do it over and over again

Maybe forever

Try to show my work while I'm working it out

How else do I do this?

We are not just simple math

We are a library of surprises inside a maze of last stands

We are magic

We are Magic!

The echoes of our foremothers

Writing trains

Following where they lead

Stretching words over a life

Written in water

It's as simple as a circle

I was raised by holding on and living in it

And it might not get any easier than this

But Love

It's worth all you're fighting for

Especially if it's for yourself

Complicated angels

You are everything

A soaring revelation inside of your circle

Returned back into you