I wonder what you'll be like By Ryan Eaton I hope you get more of the best of us than the worst of us I hope you're happy I hope you learn to manage sadness I hope you're excited I hope you don't let anxiety win I hope you're always ready for adventure I hope you learn how to get yourself out of a jam I hope you're kind When you can't be I hope you figure out why I hope you find love I hope you learn from heartache I hope we do enough to get you ready I love you already and I can't wait to meet you.
Common Unsurety Lifts
Photo By Hunter Morrison
By Ofelia Tess Doubt of worth somedays snakes it's grass Coils me dormant, lungless while it grounds sprouting seed Your hands uproot the soil Halting leaves of walled trees Prying scales from waist and cheek I see Your eyes surround me Finding focus within loving me Oh, more than enough to remind A life to smirk back at hard times I fall into your arms As you fall in to mine
Tongue and Groove By Pat Meusel I touch up the blue of This shotgun house The tongue and groove of Solid heart pine
Surrounder / Photo By Talera Bain
A nail bent over Hammered flat into a Gouge of a crack Filled with a Century of paint And these planks down below me Where a blacksmith probably Plodded to bed And a boat captain mighta Fallen down drunk But most definitely where Lola Miller danced After kissing her groom In 1919 Their stories discovered in Yellowed directories Newspapers clipped Tall tales from neighbors And old charred floors The tongue and groove of These walls and this roof A long list of regulars Leaving their clues "Waiting Room"/ Digital Art By Talbur August 4, 2022
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