uninvited

sometimes you need to let it bleed

let the broken parts of your heart breathe

look grief in the eyes

say its name

though it threatens your peace

and steals your sleep, honor it

though it stretches out uninvited

in your chest cavity, acknowledge it

and though it finds its way into your

veins and flows wildly through your

body like a riptide, feel it

even uninvited guests

will become our teachers

if we let them