No matter what your past
Every new person is an empty page to you
Grab a pen -
There is a new story ready to be written

So the last one scared you -
It left you mortified and speechless.

I am an empty page to you -
Grab a pen -
Start writing.

You can write your fear
Upon my brow -
I will furrow it in.

You can write your pain
Upon my breast -
I will hold and coddle it there.

You can write your heart-break
Along my ribs -
I promise there is a bone
For every wince and sigh.

You can write your youth
Along my spine -
It will travel best there.

You can write your regrets
On my knuckles -
I will crack them each night before bed.

You can write your dreams
On the soles of my feet -
I will leave traces of them wherever I go.

I will hold your hope
In the palm of my hand -
If you write it there

I will breathe your joy
From beneath my tongue -
And never brush my teeth again.

I am a new story, if you let me be -
I am an empty page to you.