
I can birth the story but when I do, it takes on a life of its own.
I can scribble my true feelings onto paper but now it’s more than a poem.
I can live and take my bed up here and still have it not be my home.
I can have friends for life but really still be alone
I can have a heart of flesh but really have a heart of stone
I can pretend to not be affected but still be prone
I can write you a poem on your birthday, written in prose