you are safe here. // a poem
i don't want hollow words
i want the hard questions
i don't want a platitude
i want purpose
i don't want your made-up face, your costume, your mask
i want you raw and real before me
i don't want your rhyming poetry
your words tied up in bows
your lines strung flimsily together
i want it unfiltered
unedited
unashamed
give me your doubts and your fears
give me everything that ever worried you for one second
give me every ounce of anger
every bit of bitterness
give it all to me
let me take it all from you
do not be afraid to be real here
to be you here
whatever that means
however that looks
because you
are safe
here