Been letting go of weights
been taking on the weight of my own self preservation and dignity
Been learning how to give weight to intimacy and softness and love
for a man who challenges my many, everyday thoughts
Been learning to wait on my own assumptions and to suck up my gumption
and
just wait
Been detaching the weights of burden and detaching the weight of hurting for the sake of my mother
then releasing the hooks of a brother whose weightlessness is confounding
been taking on the weight of my own self preservation and dignity
Been learning how to give weight to intimacy and softness and love
for a man who challenges my many, everyday thoughts
Been learning to wait on my own assumptions and to suck up my gumption
and
just wait
Been detaching the weights of burden and detaching the weight of hurting for the sake of my mother
then releasing the hooks of a brother whose weightlessness is confounding