YOUR HEART IS THE HOUSE
you don't need
to join the club
if you don't want to.
make your own club
out of fresh cut wheat grass,
encouragement,
positivity,
belief in each other,
and love.
you don't have to buy
a car,
a house,
a marriage,
a debt,
to feel like an adult.
you don’t have to sell them either.
buy into yourself
first
so that you may bring your best
howls
to those who make your pack.
maybe sell the extra kitchenette.
from there it's all up
to you.
to help this world,
this living, turning, pulsating
orb.
give to her in whatever way you can.
make family along the way.
mix blood with the bloodless
not zombies,
but with those who are having trouble feeling it,
the vibrating, the coursing,
the warm screaming
coming from somewhere
you can't quite put your finger on.
learn from those on fire.
study how to listen,
not in a book,
but by actually listening,
by trying, always trying,
always searching for a way
to make them feel heard.
the world is your home,
your heart is the house,
your country is merely the living room.
how can you make your living room
more inviting?
leave the
KEEP OUT signs
back on the door of your 16-yr-old self.
it’s ok that you felt that anger,
now it’s time to let go.
yes, it is in fact natural
to fear
to bend away
to discard that which you
do not understand
but this all goes beyond natural,
so i dare you to pack up your
bags,
pack up your
courage,
hop a plane.
a double decker,
a warp-speed thruster-monster,
wings of breath
engines of awareness
abilities of mastering the second,
pilots hosting cocktail parties in the cockpit,
nodding expectantly at the controls while sipping bloody mary's.
dress casual.
Destination:
Compassion For Yourself.
go there first and get to know
the scenery
the people
the one-hundred billion versions
of you
A Neuron Nexus Neverland.
notice that simply stopping by
for a visit begins to train them,
connect them,
cherish them.
Every Single Connection Can Be Cherished.
no one ridiculous man
makes all the
difference.
stand for what you must
Stand For,
but do not let Fear and Anger and Hate
throw stones at the dreams of who
you could be.
instead,
invite them over for tea and croissants.
let them in
let them shout
let them break things
and let them weep.
when they have tuckered themselves out,
wrap your arms around them,
the biggest bear hug
the darkness has ever known.
a hug full of molecules designed by
Clarity and assembled in
China.
you are the battle
you are the other side
you are making yourself
into
the place,
exactly,
where you need to be.