Swallow Us…
Take everything that we are, all the ambiguity of falling into a dark whole.
Now, pronounce intelligible words for them to feel at home, not in a war zone.
It feels like too much to be true to Self, instead we sink into what they want us
to be.
What they need us to be.
Sit comfortably as we…
Run and sink…
into tomorrows depth, because today we don’t feel at home.
Who can tell us how, to be not afraid, when our minds buzz with contradictions and convictions.
We are tired.
Swallow us, all the same.
-Alma Gabriela
