Brialee Turner

How are you?

they ask.

Depending on the day,

I’m…

doing fine

doing well

not doing well

failing

doing great

not doing much

Feeling a mix of emotions. 

And I gently remind myself,

That I am not a human doing,

But instead a human being. 

It is okay for me to just be.

To just feel.

To just create.

To find.

To just listen.

To just hold,

And to be held.

I am a human being.