When You Say My Name

When you say my name

it is the prayer answered

after years of heartache;

it is reverence and humility

I am queen in vulnerability

I am ruler for your sake

piano man

He played his heart upon the piano 
and my own felt something i hadn’t known  
struck every note in the right key
then he sang and looked at me…

When The Sun Rises

when the sun rises

may my face relax beneath its warmth

and stop trying so hard to fix the night

with the day

may my hands let go of their fists

and shoulders sigh into acceptance

my jaw stop clenching and my teeth

to stop grinding away all the hope