stay alive

stay alive

i somehow need
to separate myself
back, inward, to
what i see or
what i do.
my joys for this life,
my love to love,
to experience
to seek.
not falling short
of dreams,
but to chase after
in wild abandonment.
not worrying
if they'll die,
but if they've had
a chance to live.

it is more focused
what is within,
the woman to become
the woman not
to become.
not rationalizing
what i seek
or want
not going after
vanity or
greed,
but only for the
purest form
to feel alive,
to love,
to be free.