The trauma said, ‘Don’t write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones.

I know a thousand things louder than a soldier's gun; I know the heartbeat of his mother.

When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and pray for rain.

Yesterday i carved your name into the surface of an ice cube then held it against my chest til it melted into my aching pores today i cried so hard the neighbors knocked on my door and asked if I wanted to borrow some sugar.

But whatever However Whenever this ends I want you to know That right now I love you forever

If you were to press your heart close up against somebody else’s heart eventually your hearts will start beating at the same time. And two little babies in an incubator, their hearts will beat at the same time. Love that. So if you have somebody in your life that is prone to anxiety, like myself, and if you happen to be a calm person, you could come up and hug me heart to heart and my heart hopefully would slow to yours. And I just love that idea. Or maybe yours would speed up to mine. But either way, we’ll be there together.

Safety isn't always safe. You can find one on every gun.