On wobbly knees
And shallow breaths,
I took
A
   Leap
            Of
                 Faith

What do you do,
When I push things too far
What can you do,
When I’m stuck behind a screen
What can I say,
Without ruining the moment
What can I do,
To fix every day
What can we do,
To make this love easier

we learn
the abcs
by repeating them.
we learn
how to do things right
by doing them
every day.
so why is it
so hard
to learn kindness?
don’t we
repeat it
every day?

the earth here
sees you as a thief
an animal with teeth
they won't look underneath

but the little kid
does not care
How are you? Yes, you, right there.
he sees you as a friend
or a teacher maybe
with life lessons daily
he tamed you
and you tamed him
majestic you are
protecting you will

you are everyone at once
with the right balance

They told me to listen
because they’d already learned
enough from books to know

as they burned my soul
in their book burning glow.