Did you know
Did you know
there are people who have feelings?
Did you know
there are people who have feelings
that just show up
like they have a standing invitation to the feelings party?
Did you know
there are people who have feelings
that they would like to share
with other people who have feelings?
Did you know
there are people who have feelings that speak
and not
the things that burrow into your body and gnaw at the walls of your stomach until you wonder if you have cancer
or the things that slide along your bones and bind your flesh so tight you wonder if you are made of stone
Did you know
there are people who have feelings that move and dance and cry and sing
and not
the things that fold in and collapse into a black hole inside you, threatening to swallow the world if you open your mouth too wide
Did you know?
I didn’t know
I didn’t know
No one ever told me