
Michaela
Today, Notably
Today is the day I stopped being awkward
Well, not exactly, because I'm sure I'll
Second guess myself again and certainly
Speak out of turn in my bubbling over excitement
And probably I'll trip over one of my left feet
At least once more...
But today is the first time in living memory
Where I felt
Natural.
Where my insides came out and I
Believed in the love I've cultivated
For such a long time and furthermore
In the kindness I've practiced more recently
While learning to replace the voice trying
To keep me safe from invisible and impending
Threats that upon closer inspection are no more
Than morning mists, fearsome only when
I forget to rub the night out of my eyes and live
In the day...daily, days, lackadaisically
Like today, when I just was.