gotta start somewhere

Love is work,

is cruel,

it is,

evolving exploring,

we know what,

adapting for caring,

trusting beyond knowing,

pushing to be caught,

pulling so you can catch.

It is

a selfie

blocking your mom

Working long days nights

Sitting in the shower

The smell of food cooking before your eyes fully open

Cracking to be folded back up

Tucked in so you can burst out

It is a cheap song on repeat

And a million dollar wedding

It is

Remembering the first time you masturbated

It is saying no

It is screaming

It is hating and hurting

It is healing and helping

It is love and it is a word

It is

Life or death

Is it

nothing

a made up fairy tale

It is

Crows feet under a green hat

It is so absurd it makes sense

-Shealyn Shea Lyn