10:09pm October 11, 2010

➸ I'm Fighting Just to Say Hello

But every time a boat goes past the buoy marking the channel here,

I try again to jump out of my chair and get your attention,

so someone will come ashore and talk to me.

To use my board to help me to speak.

I feel like I have to beg and say please,

To kiss your feet for a little time, and then be grateful.

To walk a tightrope with the words I say, so you won’t get mad.

I am not like that at all.

I want to speak my mind without fear.

Without the tiger that hides in the trees, ready to pounce

on the careless word or the joke or sarcastic remark I make.