Fall apart (Poem)

 I'm holding all of me together as best I can,

Although there's a piece poking out longing for a man.

A man to hold close, press against his chest, 

to rub my forehead, to lay with and rest.

A longing for somewhere to fall apart,

 to laugh, to cry, to center, heart to heart.

Someone to say it's okay to be a mess.

It's okay to want to hide, it's okay to undress.

Undress yourself of all the masks and badges.

to fall, to burn and like a phoenix

rise from the ashes.

I want to be reminded that it's okay to fall apart,

to not be able to hold it all,

to throw everything out and restart.

-A.White