Give Me A Life

Give Me A Life

by R. Noelle

Give me a life and

I will take it and squeeze

every single moment out.

I will work until my last breath

making, building, dreaming

of my next inspiration.

I will stretch and push myself

bigger and deeper.

I will open into a giant bloom whose 

winter I will never see-

every moment spent in blossom.

Give me a mind and

I will fill it full of ideas,

until it overflows and empties

and I am left with only openness

 of thought,

until my beliefs and ideas run dry

and I can only listen

to the love that is 

seeping from my heart.

Give me a heart and

I will make it an open door

full of cracks,

heavy with years.

I will sing praises to my heart,

which allows me to grieve

and to love and

to hold life gracefully.

I will let it teach my mind

how to trust and 

how to give.

Give me a body and

I will bring it lovingly

along with me.

I will watch its changes and

marvel in its surprises

as my beautiful branches fall

into gnarled roots

and my eyes turn backward into

the mystery of my soul.

Give me a life because

I am not afraid to live it.

Give me a mind so 

I can overcome myself.

Give me a heart so

I can be touched by everything.

Give me a body so

that I am not afraid to bloom

and fade.

I am not ashamed of what 

I have been

nor afraid of what

I will be.

I am a human

following the path of my life,

every wrinkle, every pain,

every broken heart, every joy

an invitation to something

greater.

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