People
Me: Why don’t you like people?
Coworker: Have you met people?
today, I like people an awful lot
perspective puts people
in places you’re surprised to find them
like so far past a petty crush
at points of rants and secrets and sharing
to become an important daily presence
like splashing in the shallow end
kicking rocks and pretending to be weighed down
by your faults
like a distant memory of who you were
before you transformed into who you are
a pleasant reminder of human goodness
like caring for you in all the wrong ways
heavy with fear and hurt by your rejection
of a childhood loved but gone
like beautiful when you turn your head
just so, where no one else seems to look
instead of at their darker side
Amazing people are amazing
dropped by to see how my old school paper was doing, and read this feature on an incredible woman.
there is something absolutely terrifying about lying in the dark, wrapped in your lover’s embrace, and knowing that despite the warmth of skin on skin you will never, ever truly know them.