no
lessen
the weight shifts at least
sideways as if
ready to slide off
release from constricting my chest
I ask so much of myself make as if
responsible
for and to
and I am
we are
breathing and seeing
hearing and speaking beget this essentially
the weight I have called despondency ache longing bittersweet
not depression though it is trying to create one
depression in my chest
the weight lessens this depression forming
lightens
as I put fingertips to tablet
canvas
is this enough? Can
just this be real?
I wonder.
it feels much better than the elephant
still holding the longing