3-10-23 Despite It All

 i’m wrapped up 

and here I am living despite the suffocation 

I don’t deserve this 

and here I am being loved despite the hardness of my heart 

I forget how to walk 

and here I am walking on the waters before me and ground that shakes 

I’ve turned away 

and here you are standing before me


/despite it all/

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