We swing bar to bar until blisters plague our weak skin
I found you on the monkey bars between sticky fingers and swim meets I used you until we burned as hot as the humid pool deck
Soft and supple we climbed our first wall
I loved you
As we got older in our years
I covered you up
You scared the boys I so wanted to kiss
I’m sorry that I hid you
Didn’t feel worthy of you
You smell like summer and I love you
Flex you proud
Carry my boxes from home to Brooklyn
Unwanted hands, eyes and comments in the dark are silenced as we say
"Silence, don’t fuck with us"
Protect me and I love you
Beautiful and strong woman that you make me
We will find our place in this world
Climb our mountains in this world
Fold yourself around me as we go higher
Summer 2014
I found you on the monkey bars between sticky fingers and swim meets I used you until we burned as hot as the humid pool deck
Soft and supple we climbed our first wall
I loved you
As we got older in our years
I covered you up
You scared the boys I so wanted to kiss
I’m sorry that I hid you
Didn’t feel worthy of you
You smell like summer and I love you
Flex you proud
Carry my boxes from home to Brooklyn
Unwanted hands, eyes and comments in the dark are silenced as we say
"Silence, don’t fuck with us"
Protect me and I love you
Beautiful and strong woman that you make me
We will find our place in this world
Climb our mountains in this world
Fold yourself around me as we go higher
Summer 2014