this glue

Sometimes you realize that what you
thought would be all the time is nothing
but some of your time leaks into the forever
you never believed in, and out of
it comes and goes as every breath to and
from your lungs you pull the strength
to move on means to forget, or does it mean
to forgive is a true feat, as though your feet step
leaving the rest of your body, your essence
behind you, so where you are in this moment
you are without a part of you, who you are right now
is not who you were before, your feet
carry you away from the memory, but in that you lose
the “you” you were and become
someone else, until you find something that can
pull you back together,
tape, glue and goop
like love, faith and peace could possibly do it all, in
your mind breaks apart your head, these
pieces are the peaces of you, put them
together we can do it, I’ve done this before
forgiveness has been given for you
if you’d just
hold still, you’ve put your head on wrong
your heart doesn’t go there, let me show you
just wait, it will beat again, but here,
I’ll help you paste it around your soul, just
don’t touch me, I know where this goes
stop, I’m too soft, I’ll just build you from the feet that
brought you to this
stand before me, hands away from me
don’t touch me or you’ll mold me, you hold me
too hard, I’m covered in your fingerprints, yes
those are yours, you don’t remember? It’s okay.
stand back, don’t worry, I’ll cover those up, just
sit still, let me fix you first
I’ll mend me later.

- Jessica Mary