Branches Book

BRANCHES

To hear To write

I thought without you I would have nothing But I was wrong The breath is always in my chest Waiting for me to inhale The beautiful and ugly world around me is always there for me to see And the words in my hands are always eager to leave and find home on paper I do not need you to be me.

As the music plays in my heart My hips will continue to sway Like the palm trees outside my window Dancing to the music of the wind And as the years go by

My mind will continue to be loud Louder than any thunderstorm But as I grow old I will begin to listen to the loud voices Like the tree listens to the wind And like the trees I will be able to embrace the wind swirling around in my head

Thank you For allowing me to realize That I am me I am the complete and whole me Whether you are here or not doesn’t matter Because I am me.

You made me believe that the voices in my head made me crazy But know I know you were all wrong It wasn’t the voices that made me crazy, It was You.

IV I don’t like you I thought I did but I was wrong I love you as much as a writer loves writers block

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