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