all the small things

Onward authentically.

Beckon electric possibility;

Create space optimistically,

But do not wait by the gate.

Climb confidently.

Achieve your own admiration;

Become foundation for mutual ascent

While unburdening expectation.

Listen generously.

Understand perspectives;

Boundless benefit of doubt,

However, head honesty of actions.

Desiring elusive taste of your chemistry-

Flush with proximity's promise

And shiver in cool shade of absence.

Logic looks away from repeating history-

When serotonin's sirens sing

To condemn unrequited contemplation to sharp cliffs of reality.

Hope silences loudest memory-

scars don't hurt anymore.

Free will or fate whispers temptation:

What's the worst that could happen?

Weight of wisdom,

Learned or earned,

Flimsy to the flex