I am she as you are she as you are me and we are all together.
We are a community,
a family.
I am your sister and your daughter and your mother
and I love you.
You are my brother.
You are my boy.
My girl.
I will reach my arms out as wide as I can
And I will hug you and your hurt and your joy
As hard as I can and for as long as I can.
Until you shake me off, almost uncomfortably,
because it is hard to know what to do when you are
squeezed that forcefully.
I want you to know that you are beautiful.
This thing we are in,
this mass of love, happiness, difference, anger, spirituality,
laughter, connection,
is massive.
I will absorb your darkness if you will
absorb my light.
I also want some of your laughter,
and you can take some of my anxiety.
Sometimes things can be hard for me to shake off,
to let go,
but when you take it from me you can throw it out
the passenger window and it will dissipate in the breeze
As if it was always lighter than air.
Look around you, open wider, and become a part of it.