SO SAYS THE TREMBLE

Be strong. 

Remember where you came from and all that entails. 

Reclaim authorship. 

Know the ins and outs of seeing. 

Your eyes are an instrument. 

You have two of them. (mostly) 

Which is plain. 

A given. (for the most part) 

But it is something that is easy to forget

Along with instrument. 

 

If what you see makes you tremble. 

Listen.  Know that it is just a tremble. 

 

Pucker up. 

Put your lips on that horn.

High five yourself. 

Everything works. 

 

You are not a blight.

You are not dangerous. 

You are not a freak. 

 

Find solace in the fact that

You are not dead but a sensitive. 

 

Be brave. 

Take responsibility. 

Keep it together. 

Remain vigilant. 

Breathe. 

And shy away from nothing. 

You couldn’t if you tried. 

And you don’t want to. 

This is not and never has been

Your heart. 

 

It is better to welcome it. 

 

The world is not apocalyptic.

Only the conditioning.

 

And it’s a polysyllabic word. 

Which is an incredibly fun word to say. 

Polysyllabic.     

 

But quit it. 

 

They are depending on you 

To remind yourself 

With those two peepers rolling

Around in your skull and be

Strong. 

 

The

Tremble will be gone as soon

As they disappear.

 

And take it easy on yourself. 

It’s only natural.

 

To forget to remember.

And remember to forget.

 

Come what may. 

 

 

Comments

[Bob the Butcher]

thank you miss hoffinbottom. honestly, i needed to be told this today too.

[Esther Hoffinbottom]

This is kind of what I needed to read right this second. Bob is the smartest man alive.