Sing While Falling Poem by Maya Hanson

I have learned how to sing while falling
how to shiver in the summer
how to build bridges in the eye of a forest fire

I have learned how to pull against gravity
how to count against the current
and let the moon hear me scream

I have learned to walk when there's no ground under me
and to smoke out things that love the flame
how to speak softly and be heard

Maybe I'm teaching myself
cracking apart just to crush parts back together,
I am magnetic
I will never be visible power,
this girl inside me is barely an acquaintance
but I'm so proud of her
she has learned how to sing while falling.