These flaws of mine are only human.

They will tell you that

Your ribs are too large

And your heart beats too loudly

Your hands shake

And your stomach is too small

You have too many feelings and

When you look at people in their eyes you fall in love

This is no fault of yours

Though people may say so.

They will tell you that your spine

Can only hold up your head

Do not believe them

Because it holds up the sky

And when they tell you that your eyes

Consume too much

Know that it is only natural

Your mind is a hungry jackal

And will devour anything that gives rise to feeling

So when the world tells you

That you are only human

Remember that your body holds two hundred and six separate bones

That those bones hold up your body

Stand tall

Because those steps that you’ve walked

Since the first your mother watched with joy

Are the steps we all take

And when you fall

It is only human.