I am not a graceful person.
I am not a Sunday morning,
Or a Friday sunset.
I am 2 am on a Tuesday,
I am gunshots muffled by a few city blocks,
I am a broken window during February.
My bones crack on a nightly basis.
I fall from elegance with a dull thud,
And I apologize for my awkward sadness.
I often believe I don't belong around people,
That I belong to all the leap days that didn't happen.
The way light and darkness mix under my skin has become a storm.
You don't see the lightning,
But you hear the echoes.
