Just Me: Revised

The bruised and dirty knees of a tomboy with

an unraveled braid of so many summers spent running through the woods skipping

school, skipping out, red lips, red eyes, black thigh highs, creepers, concrete, weed, dancing down town up town

drug overdoses, wild nights Deep Ellum to Houston.

Hurricanes, banjos, legs, blurs, Rues, and Blues

Clues, Crashbox, Between the Lions, Big Wheels, barbecues, lullabies, and story times. Hugs so pure, eyes so bright, love so unimaginable it gave strength to rescue them me us

Me became three, Triforce.

Rafting: medals

Jumping off buildings, rolling, climbing, flying with the monkeys to become a superhero to a son

A superhero who once more fall a long

long way to save a daughter

lashings, late night ER trips, suicides and attempts, convulsing drugs and Dr Seuss

Oh! The places

we've been

Down and back up I've taken us

Safe nights, warm, soft, calm, preparing to launch

Study, study

storms to brain storms

Strength, beauty, courage, triumph, adventure

And now ... I see