A friend once told me
“Don’t lean on people, they always move and you’ll fall.”
But what if?
What if I leaned with a knife in my ribs
Just to keep it straight?
What if their shoulder was made of plastic,
And I liked the noise it impregnated me with?
What if falling was softer than standing still,
And comfort was found in bruises?
What if all I ever wanted
Was someone to move?
But toward me, not away?
Trust. Longing.