I Want to Kiss and Tell

 

I want to kiss and tell
I want to write the dream
I am living
I want to choose the life I lead
I want to collect all of my clothing
I want to do right by my self, my
ancestors, my child, the stars,
I want to swim in fresh, beaver-filled waters
I want to exercise my freedom and delight
I want to be surprised
I want to be courageous
I want to tell the stories of my own
wildly turnings, I want to let the stories
of others fall from my mouth like
tumbling pebbles turned rubies turned
peachpits
turned blood turned stars
I would kinda like it all
and is it wrong to think
it all kinda wants me

I feel it in my chest and in my throat,
behind my sternum, behind and under my eyes,
in my hair, in my ankles, in the bridges
of my feet. I feel it, hovering and pushing up
inside of me,
like a tree knows when to grow
and sometimes explodes the black plastic bag it’s sitting in at Lowe’s

with love.
with love
with love
with love

 

xo c.Savage 2022

Listen to this poem read by the author on SoundCloud I Want To Kiss And Tell