I want to

Hear

All the music

Read

All the books

Watch the sunset

Feel heat on my

Face

Smell salty air

Walk the way

Feel the covering

Of a forest

Walk the path

Try new foods

Red or white wine

A fancy cocktail

A microbrew

Leaving some even

Not grasping for more.

I want to

Learn and discuss

Laugh

Cry

Converse

Hug and kiss

Know I am

Loved

Safe

Known

Home.

I want to

Touch the moss

Tree bark

Leaf-frost

Stalactite ice

Hear the rocks

Shift under my feet

Match my steps to the beat

Move my body

In the way it wants

No obligation or

Compulsion

Let the music

Instruct

Like when I’m alone

Because I don’t care what they

Think

I want to

Hug my loved ones

And have my own space

Paint a picture

Color my face

This soundtrack in my mind

These hours on my side

The zoning out

Is just how I survive

Maybe thrive

How I

Restore

Regulate

My mind is a nice place to be

When it’s not ganging up on me