IN life

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© Abigail Lynn
​Reach out to me
and I’ll reach out to you.

Wind-swept and sun-dappled,
we’ll sway in synchronicity,
hold up the sky on open palms,
Atlas, at last, together.

Everything starts somewhere.
I’ll follow you there.
Lend me your strength,
lend me your courage,
and I will

Trace it back, trace it back.
Melaina Leung is a writer from Southern California. Her work has appeared in Nu Lit House¸ Cocoon Zine, Illustrated Women in History, and Teen Ink.