The Cat's Pajamas

Can I trust you?

Be my biggest messiest

Knowing you'll exhale — 

Not blame me

Make me think I'm too much — 

But being clear and loving in your boundaries,

And you do self-care?

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Can I trust that I can be,

And you'll adult your way around,

Using your heart words and giraffe ears?

~

If we can trust

Let these lego walls down

Come out from behind the couch

Open ears and be people,

In the face of —

~

Kindness realm

There is an edge

Fertile, ready for growth — 

Meet you there?

Leaning into ourselves and each other

Knowing our patterning and not-self faces

Breaking up dramarama lama patterning

Coming up to be cleared

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Curled up on the couch

Cozy cats in cute pajamas

Rainbow and pink camo,

Your painted toes rubbing my tattoo

Cherry blossoms swirl, sun-faded

Familiar, easy, fun

~

Bump my cup

And I find I am kind,

No fermented ick inside

To hide —

No black box behind our eyes, anyway,

But I wasn't sure.

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Finding a home in myself,

Fit for human consumption

Ahem...

Fit for girlfriend,

Fit for me,

Fit for me to be kind to me — 

(I mean, of course all that ick came from all the un-kind words I said to myself, but, still...)

~

Meet me in the space between you and me

Dance barefoot with me in the moonlight

Be middle-aged with me

As we hurtle through space,

Together, being cute.

The cat's pajamas — 

And my hand on your thigh.

~ @philosopherbonnie 9/13/22

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