Courage

Courage

By

Nathan Caleb Camerer

It takes courage and control to let yourself go

Let go and let the little things in

Little things that weigh more than the big

Fat and happy and 172 pounds of love and affection

When I stand up straight,

My lips are the perfect height for planting kisses on your forehead

They grow like ivy and become smile lines around your mouth and eyes

These wire thin arms are the perfect length to wrap around you

Forming a circle where my heart is your soundtrack

My breathing is your rocking chair

It takes courage and control to let yourself go

Let go and build a home inside the four walls of my ribcage

I’ll build one inside yours

It’ll take courage and control to let go

Let go of ties that bind us to our pasts

Watch two homes become one

Foundations made of blood, sweat and tears

It takes courage and control to let go

Let go of the true to try and find the uncertain

Left with courage and longing

Walking an unknown road toward nothing

Lips kissing air

Arms emptied of their precious anchor

Ears feeling deaf with no songs to fill them

Vacancy in this heart

Longing for completion is this foundation

It takes courage and control to let yourself go

It takes and courage and control to let go