hold me down

i call gravity

and surrender:

tell it i am done

standing tall.

i open

my palms

and give up

all i have.

it says:

"remember when

you felt light?

do you think the stars

could hold you now?"

i don't remember

how it feels

to feel weightless.

my magnitude

has always weighed heavy

on my shoulders.

i have never let the sky

carry me,

i have never let the sunset

take me away.

i am ready to be

held down.

i hand gravity

the space i occupy

and let myself

cave in.