Feet dangling off the back of the truck like I'm not a mother or a wife or any one of the roles I claim. Just free. Just a pair of legs dangling over hot pavement, taking a breath in and a breath out, jumping off at the ice-cream store, scrubbing off layers of sunscreen each night. No internet, no phone, no rush. Remembering to remember.
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Let me go when it is time to let me go. Sit with me. Please sit with me. My biggest fear is to be alone. Or surrounded by people trying to rush me or retrieve me. Just walk with me from this world to that. Just sit with me. It's the biggest favor I'll ever ask of you.
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And sing. Please sing. Country or gospel or rap. Slam your poetry or recite it nicely, but I need you to say it out loud. There is enough silence in this world about the things that move us the most. I will be humming along even if you can't hear me. I will be hearing you. I will be feeling you, steady, present, scared, human. Just like me.
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Let me go when it is time to let me go. Until then, hold me tight. Love me outrageously. This life is short. Let's not regret our way forward.
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