we will be okay

and one day
We will be okay

one day
Our blood won’t bleed
so red so thick

soon the comforter won’t
seem too heavy, cementing Us to Our mattresses—
the pillow will absorb Our dreams
not just Our tears

We will stand:
hands by our side,
heads held so high
We can kiss the clouds,
We can catch the planes

Our smiles will grow so wide
that the sun the moon
and all those stars will
smile back, dismissing the fear
of blue skies
of starry nights

We will breathe,
and We will breathe
at the pace the universe intended Us to

and above all,
one day,
when We are asked how We are
how We’re doing
We will respond

—in unison—

We will say that We are okay ,
and We will bask in bliss
because We will just have spoken
a victorious truth.