CLAIMED
Life is inclusive
You wake up
and here you are
included
It’s you who looks out the window and gets scared
relegating yourself to the sidelines
It’s you who believes you don’t belong
It’s those doubting voices inside your head
that have you crawling back into bed
blankets over your head
disbelieving
Life has already claimed you
each breath, proof
that existence has already
proclaimed you as its own