Perhaps I’ll attempt to ignore boundaries and forget finity

For a little while longer

Perhaps I’ll get addicted to something strong,

Like your love

Perhaps I’ll quit speaking with mostly past tenses

And try to only live inside of the present

It may be a challenge at first but I’ll

Take my arm and wrap it around a friend

Pulling them in and away from the cold

For my sister and the younger kids I know

I’ll push away the cruelest of the world

I will offer a sweet smile to any elderly person I may pass

And I will nod curtly at the mailman and the woman

Who sleeps in the park

I will kindly acknowledge their existence

I’ll wait my turn and I’ll be patient 

But I’d like to also blurt things out

On occasion

I’ll hold the door open for the ones behind me

And I’ll compliment the stranger standing

In front of me waiting to order

Their morning coffee