handle with care
Stay soft baby
This world is trying to harden us
Stay soft baby
Find safety in your skin
Stay soft as we play with the edges of comfort
To find space to get closer
Stay soft as we dance with all our parts
And romance wholeness
I will never pick the status quo
I will always challenge that that doesn’t fit
I will always question to find truth
I will always evolve to get more intimate with my knowing
I will pick our slow days and our freedom
I will pick our home within
I will risk it all for the real thing
And, I will stay soft baby
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May we handle each other with care.
the spoken word
I conceive these pieces with the beat of my heart,
then birth them with the fire of my voice.
i am ayla
born in the east, raised in the west
daughter of two academics, both artists
masters in human rights, committed to social justice
love affair with travel, art, and food
speaks four languages, laughs in all