Learn To Bend
Krystle Warren
Mind if I join you?
Hide from the city's view?
Losing the hours
As they found you
How many others
Came with their questions prosed?
Rooted in silence
Reaching still
Here I tell secrets
Whispered between the leaves
Nestled within them
Thick as thieves
Leaning against you
Trace where your scars meet mine
Warm in the wounding
Sharing breadth
How have you stood here?
How did you stake your claim?
Still stretching skyward
As it falls
Maybe you chose to
Gather the weight of stones
Dug in your heels
And learned to bend