i feel like if you interact 
with me 
as a person 
i am awkward, 
flighty, 
and fill the space with 
nonsensical 
strung together 
words and noises. 
i am working on that, believe me. 
i really am. 
but i hope that 
if you take the time to 
read the words 
i've written, 
thoughtfully, 
slowly, 
pulled part, 
and unraveled, 
then reworked like dough 
about to enter the oven..
then hopefully you might see 
there are 
deeper layers to me 
after all.
i can't always speak in 
crunchy peanut butter words,
i am lost all too often 
and words 
fail my lips and i feel 
a fool. 
but put a pen in my hand,
and i will 
sing to you.