Real talk and real people

dear Paulyn,

you’re fully grown now
be careful what you let go into you
that too, like what you let out
can knit you neatly unclean
i hear you want to see the sea
choose the kind of rivers you follow
let the rain tamper with your body
allow the wind find your lineage
it’s bitter to say you’re sweet
but you’re pecan pie, dates, fresh figs

leonell echa