your back is made for wings; not burdens

"she stood with her burdens placed beneath her feet." --caitlin connolly art

 

 

she had been waiting

for someone

to take the burdens

from her back

 

not knowing

she could place

them

beneath her feet 

and 

climb.

 

 

your back is made for wings;

not burdens. 

 

i gave you building blocks

you didn't recognize.

 

to build.

build you.

build you up

not burden you.  

 

it is there. 

scaffolding,

skeletal wings.

i am 

adding feathers

as you are

subtracting fears.

 

let me move through you

fill you.

breathe in

allow me to fill all the spaces.

 

if you are bowed down

you have no movement

to flap your wings.

 

i am raising you

as an artist

who can see

wings

where others only see air.

 

march proudly

over what you called burdens

and i called blocks

toward me. 

 

up.

higher.

 

and when you reach me

fly. 

Comments

[Lani]

Needed this. Thank you!

[Brooke]

Scaffolding, skeletal wings . . . this is so beautiful.

[Joan]

adore this! thank you.