Hug- special one

the world is wide

yet somehow too close

when the eyes begin to drown

salt water learns the shape of your face

like it has always belonged there

hopelessness is quiet

it sits in your bones

breathing for you

when you are too tired to try

inside you

a war no one hears

steel against glass

courage against the mirror

the sky leans low

as if it knows

you cannot hold much more

you search the clouds

for a shade of pink

that once meant tomorrow

but now feels like a memory

you imagined

you feel hands around your throat

no fingers

no wrists

just every voice that ever asked you to be more

than human

you measure yourself

in missing pieces

and call it failure

you look right

you look left

and somehow the air is the only witness

you offer your heart to others

on a plate of silence

hoping someone notices

you are starving too

the path shakes

stones forget to stay still

storms remember your name

better than the people do

the rain comes

and for a moment

you melt

because breaking is the only thing

that feels natural

you want a hug

but not one made of arms

a hug that whispers

the sky is still learning

how to be gentle

a hug that teaches wounds

how to turn into wings

a hug that says

you are not heavy

only tired

a hug that reminds the north star

it is allowed to fall

and still be a light

and that hug

has always been there

before the world asked you to be strong

a heartbeat

wrapped around yours

long before you learned fear

a mother

who loved you

before you had a name

for love

she sees galaxies

where you see broken glass

and even when you feel like the worst version

she keeps choosing you

as the best thing

she ever made