Soul Friend

It was you I was thinking of the other day    
when I suddenly thought to myself:
“They make me feel so…. Normal.”

I stopped everything.  
I recoiled at how wrong that was 
as soon as the words materialized.  
I knew immediately that I’d made a mistake. 

You don’t make me feel normal. 
You make me think…

Maybe my efforts are enough.
Maybe I deserve good things.
Maybe I can do all of… this…
and I don’t need to leave after all.

You don’t make me feel normal.  
You make me consider…  

Maybe I’m enough.
Maybe I don’t need to be whole 
and complete and balanced.
Maybe I’ll be ok, after all.

You don’t make me feel normal. 

Instead, you make me feel like 
I don’t need to be  
and that’s so much more. 

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May 27-29, 2025