reticent—the shyest kid
in the world
will grin
and sit with great
familiarity
before a brimming keyboard;
demonstrating
publicly—its hale
and its hearty
and pure aspirations
had yearned
for
as long
as they lived—only
to counterfeit, lovingly
hers.
And to think—you and I,
we must have learned
to be brave
in just
that same way—by behaving
repeatedly—as if
we
already were.