you're so much more than you think

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Published: Apr 25, 2014

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_{if you asked me
his name
I would say
sanctuary
or safety
or rainfall

four letters that coil
and unwind and
finally breathe

if you asked me
his story
I wouldn't tell you about his
father
or his
mother
or the
brother he can't live up to

I would tell you
he's been trampled
and treated like everything
less than dirt

never allowed
to g r o w
under the weight
of backhanded love
& mockery

he's tried so hard
to be good
to be pure
to be everything

that he never stopped to
contemplate
that maybe
he wanted something out this life too

if you asked me
to write about him
I would weave stories out of the lines
on his skin

because there is so much to be said
for the boy
that stopped believing
too young

and no one else
(not even him)
dares say it

if you asked me
why
I would explain
that he is capable of
so
much
more

if he would believe in himself
(just a little)
(just enough)

and that
if I can go on about him
for thirteen stanzas
maybe he will understand
that
it doesn't take
immeasurable talent
or blinding intelligence
to have an existence
worth writing about}