Anthony Hanible

Hard To Do Easy To Say

Some things fall out of the mouth

Like loose change

Light

Careless

Never counted

But the hands know better

The body knows the weight

Of what it means

To stay

To show up

To carry

You say the right words

Like they cost nothing

Maybe to you

They don’t

But I’ve learned

The difference between sound

And truth

How one is effortless

And the other

Asks for skin

So keep your promises

If you can lift them

Keep your love

If it’s only air

I’m done mistaking

What’s easy to say

For what’s hard

To do