Something I Might Mean Poem by Maya Hanson

Even shaking your head echoes
my head vibrates with the aftershock
Truth hurts more than slicing fingers
so in my cloak I slip a dagger in your pocket like a wish

I want to hold back but I'm barely holding on
protecting this explosion like a secret
Break all the rules I cannot see
but if you show me gravity I'll fall back down

I am not a colt, you can never tame me
but you can let me so loose I get lost
I am not a rhythm, you can't claim me
but you can chant till they call me yours

For once you spell out the reality I believe
can you paint it for me again
For once you spell out something I might mean
can you feel it in your blood, in your fingertips