I am dancing
I am reading
I am sleeping
I am riding
I am eating
I am creating
I ran
I am howling at the moon
I am climbing on the rocks
I am laying in the leaves
I am standing in the sand
I ached
I am burning sage
I am searching…
for truth
I am talking deep things with close friends
Hearing deep thoughts from within
Feeling a deepness in the down, down, depths
I cracked
I am taking out my
braids
I am greasing my
scalp
I am lotioning my
ashy skin
I bled
I am chatting on the phone
with my mom, and with my brothers, and with my sister
And I am making plans

I shouted
singing
no screamed
laughing
no
gasped for my life!

Am I real?
Is this a dream