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