kindness

I see you
I feel you
I know you
you are kind
sweet
loving

you have brought the joy
hope
LOVE
back into my life

don’t let any of them
make you feel
less than
unworthy
not enough

babe, you are more
SO MUCH MORE
than any of them can see

I see you
I feel you
I know you

help

and suddenly I pause
my heart tightens
weights on my shoulders
do I feel too much
love too much
give too much
usually the words are right there
spilling out like water
but I can’t speak
my throat closing in
my whole body tensing
I want to understand
but you have to also understand me
feel me
see me