little hugs with little arms

when i woke up there was a breeze

bringing with it

words i don't know how to write

only feel

we walked through

a familiar neighborhood in the dark,

i felt so safe,

and people call it dangerous.

before i came, everyone told me

to be safe

never go alone, never look up, never be without fear

but they should have warned me

of how i would fall so easily

for those faces

their arms brush past,

just like that breeze

all at once i'm home again

home again.

home.