By Monica C. Voskamp
Weary bones
I promise you
I will carry you
Home.
Aching heart
I promise you
I won’t let you break
Once more.
Tattered soul
I promise you
I will give you
More.
I’m trying dear bones,
Dear heart and soul.
I’m trying
Yet this world keeps
Pushing me back.
Pushing me down.
Hard.
As much as I promise,
I also admit
I’m not a hero.
I can’t save
The day.
I can’t defy
Gravity.
I can’t make
Angels fly.
I can’t do
Everything I wish
I could.
Know I’m trying.
Yet know a little more,
Know my limits,
I am human,
I can only
Push so far.
So forgive me,
Because right now
I’m collapsing on
This earthen floor.
I’m breaking pieces
Of mortal shell
Because I am human
Nothing more.
Always hope. Always believe. Always love. ❤
*Cover Photo Credit: Photo by Matheus Frade on Unsplash