Sonnets From Other Lives: Abbi

She reminds herself that she's alive
by checking regularly in the mirror
& talking constantly. So does she strive
so to connect because it's clearer
to her that the air she's breathing
is lacking in something--perhaps her voice?
Anyway whatever thing she's needing
to feel complete has left her with a choice:
To sit in silence waiting for some wisdom
or fill the air with every passing thought.
For her this is the way that life is done:
Share it all now. Everything you've got.
She's telling mirror mirror on the wall
everything she knows--saying it all.