i’m terribly sorry but all i can offer you are my words

with urgent open palms

something inside me that never sleeps. something irreparable underneath the layers of softness. this is the truth: i learned how to get people to like me so that i could feel safe

anywhere. that is the trick.

my biggest ruse is that people don’t know

how angry i am, not even

myself. ha!

now the proverbial cat is out of the proverbial bag - where will she leap next?

do you know how it feels to love

this world so much and also