Spirit Animals

We hold each other until we let go

What makes a day perfect for you?

Would you go to the sea or find shade beneath a tree?

Would you share your warmth with one or with all?

Does it smell like cigarette smoke or toasted bread?

Is the air filled with laughter or despair?

Will you breathe if both may be there?

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Do you hear music or echoes of your name?

Can you feel them as they pass through your chest?

Spirit animals dance around your steps

Round and round, as if you were invisible like them

I'm sorry. Do you feel you are being observed?

Will you hold my hand when it's time to rest?

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Is your family part of this realm?

What spirit resembles your father?

Will he ever forgive what is left of your mother?

Just for a day, do you wish you could forget?

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Approaching the end

Lying in bed

Will you grieve or will you dream?

What happened in the past?

What comes next?

Will you look inside your heart?

Will you wonder what makes a day perfect?

Will you be patient with the wounds on your hands?

Will you love the questions themselves?

And when you wake up

Will you accept answers you didn't expect?