can i join you

I don't dream of silent times

or quiet life, instead I open

eye wide enough to jump in.

Back into nightmare dark and

ripe, the things that keep me

sane. We seek what we know

and I know you. Your fears,

Your dreams, and all the things

You thought would fade away.

How you cannot scream enough

because your lungs are still full

of all the words no one heard.

How your body knows hunger

Like a worn out baby blanket.

How on a locked porch you held

on to your sister and yourself,

and slept on the dog's bed, yet

You never wept. You didn't stutter

at a challenge, you only gained

more fire. Crafting a new path.