to choose to live a life
inspired, conspired
with friends & lovers
is to live in the gift.
& the gift is a scary place to be.
we might be able to see the ways
ours gifts when combined
can offer lifts to new heights
but not what dangers may lay
in being turned down or turned away
by the ones in whom I’ve placed my trust.
with every sift thru my feelings
that guide my faith in friendship
I fear I’ll find a wound
that has me reeling from myself
& the person who showed me where it lied.