Sticky, Heavy, Dense, & Slow

Maybe our friends don’t want us to be chaotically happy all the time,

or bubbly, jittery, chatty,

untethered.

Maybe they want reality;

calmness, loyalty, compassion, support,

love.

Those qualities are slow, heavy, wet, dense.

We all always want to feel like we do in the mornings,

like we do with a cup of coffee,

watching the sunrise.

Life pulls us in so many directions during the day

and instead of letting ourselves be light and untethered,

we can help bring each other back

by being thicker

and stickier.

Not just for our friends,

But for ourselves.

So stay.

Try not to fly away at the first sign of a pretty flower off in the distance

or of a scary monster lurking inside you.

Staying with love requires making ourselves sticky,

like delicious honey

or a warm cup of milk.

Staying with love makes us heavy enough

that we are able to let someone else pick that pretty flower off in the distance.

We are able to remember that the scary monsters will always leave.

We are able to feel warm inside of our own skin,

like a blanket that you rest in

and that’s available for your friends

to rest in, too.