Strength

“Stay Strong” by David Gate

They say to “stay strong”

in the throng of disaster

so I let my body unravel

all its secrets of magic & memory

so that joy & sorrow & terror

& love bleed like watercolors

together at the edges

of their vivid hues

falling into serendipity

because to feel it all is to surrender

& not all surrender is loss

so I let everything live within me

like the galaxy I am

because I cannot imagine

anything stronger than the courage to live

like we are fully alive.