undoing and unthinking
breathing and reliving
I found mistakes
lack of forgiveness
a card labelled “the victim”
forget your teachers
and the system
forgive your father for ever leaving
and your mother for never healing
find yourself where you are now
at the end of Liberty
past the bricks and green trim and ivy leaves
fill your lungs with the view from your balcony
drown in Woolf’s writings
like the River Ouse
lose yourself in the sky, mid-afternoon
over a glass of Riesling
say hello to the mother moon
relax into your being
you are all that you’ve ever needed
wear your favourite loafers
paint on denim and records
plans wrapped in forest green velvet
you are only just beginning