I participated in a workshop with the amazing Rebekah Taussig over the weekend and wrote this poem. Rebekah is the author of the book, Sitting Pretty. You should check it out!
Emotions like water running fast
Save me life raft
True to the deepest core
I feel so much more than most.
Speak to me
And you will see
That I have so much substance
What I need
Without a doubt
Is to get my feelings out
In the open
To be heard
Understood
Figured out
When these feelings are sorted through
I have some way to erase my doubt
That I am heard
When I shout
For my worth to be seen
Pity makes my soul weep
For you and for me
Life is – in my shoes –
Paced differently
Can we align
To work together
For more understanding?
For when we understand what the other needs
Great things unfold, naturally