Space

I am pressing, pushing
I simply want to be in
You criticize my existence
You think my life warrants no space

I am trying not to breathe
the oxygen that is yours
Why do I feel this chastisement
for doing nothing at all

I want to do many things
But I'd rather not get in your face
get in your space
it's yours to take

I want to sing a million songs
make slowing hearts run fast again
to make connections, breathe air into the vacuum
and
space

dancers unite
the shrinking women
 in respite
rise

the air was meant for you to breathe
the oxygen finds its home in you
your blood
to energy
feed

one step
three steps
five steps at a time
it's okay to speak