Brandelyn N. Castine

Dreams Are Not Concerned Brandelyn N. Castine

Today

Today i am immune to negativity

immune to the concept that laughter is a foreign language

And joy can only be shaken forward through a forbidden tongue

Today i embrace the wind

The fragrance captured in the leaves

The orange tanginess of lemon drops

The moments smoky with soft kisses and stolen glances

Today i embrace the questions

And challenge the doubts

My head aches from over thinking the lines and rhythms and confines of this poem

Keeping me tucked away from the issues and shades of gray

Today over thinking is a mystery

And my hips are exactly the shape and size they should be

Because today, finally, i am walking in the fullness and liberty of joy