Headline Poem 4/21/14 -- In honor of

Tomorrow is Earth Day, but in some places, tomorrow is today. So, in honor of the earth, here is today's headline poem. 

In honor of

In honor of 

the earth, 

I vow to feel,

to release 

the balloon

of fears,

the wall

(and exhaustion from

holding it up), 

the questionable 

and certain

surrender

that is

a hemline 

in the grass 

that hangs long enough 

to matter. 

In honor of the earth, 

I vow to feel, 

to hear sounds previously punished

and pushed aside, 

to let go of that which took

you from

you

and me from me,

and to say 

we need you,

and it's okay.