i.am.becoming

tenderness (TEN-der-ness) noun.
1. a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
2. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

Come here.
Sit by me.
With every contraction my muscles make,
I want you to move in closer.
It’s a tough razor’s edge to walk
to let you rub my insides
without my insides giving in
but I’m ready to learn to walk it.
Push me out there,
like a chick outta the nest
who never knew what these awkward limbs were for.
If it wasn’t so cheesy to use the word “flying” I would,
but the truth of the matter is that I’m learning
the language with which space holds me and

it holds me well.