With every
Repetition
“Boys will be boys”
They say
All around
The world
Meaning
Simply
Girls are made
To be had
Events
Connections
Love, loss
Attainment, failure
Lessons, places, people
Glories and gaffes and grace
Everything that ever happened
To get me here
Where I’m standing
In this moment now
On the path
To who I’ll be
If nothing comes
Find a prompt
(Photographs usually work.)
Start again
Breathe
Quiet mind
Write what comes
Don’t argue with the words
It’s OK to not like what they say
Write them anyway
It’s OK to not have the right words
Write down the wrong words
The right ones can be found later
Wait or pause whenever it feels
Like the words aren’t coming… yet
Or the meaning isn’t right… yet
And the right way isn’t present… yet
Outside
The first layer
Initiate
Expectant
With trepidation
But driven
By curiosity
And possibility
But I noticed
Anywhere I stood in India
I could see someone
Selling something
To someone else
