Someday, I will learn

I can respect another’s autonomy and my
own at the same time,

allow others control while
taking responsibility,

give people my emotions without
manipulating theirs,

and be dominated by
compassion instead of fear—

I will trust that the slogans of love
to the masses could never understand

the inevitability of the mess
in two human beings

learning, hands on,
the beauty of each other.

first feat. in Rewrite The Stars Review