yes, and

 yes, and

we're told to lean in, only to find ourselves constantly leaning down

to pick up the pieces

losing ground, falling down.

the days are a cycling blur of need and numb, numb and need.

paved paths lead to swift dead ends.

we cannot justify our way out of this.

it's time for an abolition of the means

and the end of meanness.

yes, and healing is happening.

we're here, we fear, yet we won't keep getting used to it.

we fall in, call in,

reach out and sometimes shout

with joy.

we mend the cracks with the gold we have, and that we are,

so that we can carry water

and each other.

by megan hatch