Oath

October is the perfect month
to travel with your heart
after taking an oath
swollen with loving kindness

an oath to love yourself
better than you ever have

without reservation for the ways
you've lost in the past,
given everything and fallen
flat on your pride,
and come up with nothing.

This time, this day
swear to everything holy
that you will fly
like a small drop of water
blessed and disguised as a crane
taking flight from the fountain
of living words.