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Ready?
May 23, 2018
Am I ready?
Fingers slip between fingers
and hearts intertwine,
but my anxiety rings, pounds, sings never dull in my hea-...
Am I ready?
You tell me you care;
soft touches, electric, suggesting a gentle reminder,
but my stresses chip away at my min-...
Am I ready?
I haven't done this before,
I haven't let myself simply be around people, it’s too close, it’s so nice,
but my reservations do not relent their thunderclaps inside my hea-...
Am I ready
to say ‘yes’?
© Melanie M., Hendersonville, TN
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