you use that word a lot
i’m not sure what you mean
/
my heart
falls free
into
an ache
/
when did we forget?
why did we forget?
/
legacies
generations
leaving behind fragments
of our humanity
/
does no good to blame
they were only
following suit
as were the ones before
.
exploration
curiosity
not having to do
not having to perform
/
simply being
space to fail
/
or better yet—
space where failure does not exist
/
release from performance
release from perfection
release from prescription
/
moving into openness
moving into wholeness
maybe even a little wild
/
here
present
free
.
i voice-to-texted this poem into an email to myself on thursday morning while walking on the fife coastal path. for a couple of months, the words that start the poem have been sifting internally. someone said that to me about my use of the word ‘play,’ and i haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.