birthday girl


/change of subject/
I've been driving around too much recently and, when I drive, I think a lot and when I think a lot, I need to write things down but, because I'm driving, I can't write things down and, when I stop driving, I am usually busy so can't write down what I've been thinking about
pause to breathe
anyway, so I tend to try and condense my thoughts into something that I can then write down really quickly and expresses everything I was thinking about. So, last night, whilst fighting headaches and chaos, I got these lines written down - if you already read them then there is no reason to read them again, if you read them again and feel irritated that you have already read them , then that's really your problem and you don't have to tell me about it (yes, I know how the internet works) - so, here you go:

protection insurrection:

when the world was
rough
and raw
full of teeth
and claws
I softened and soothed
protected and smoothed
and
over the years
placed myself
between you and
your fears

would you
do that
for
me?

and, then, when
softening
soothing
protecting
and smoothing
failed
I stood my ground
and faced
the teeth
the claws
the rough
the raw

would you
do that

for

me?