Alex

“I enjoy....
laughing

for absolutely no reason at all,
but I don't allow myself to cry
as often as I need to.

I have solar-powered confidence
and a battery-operated smile.
My hobbies include: editing my life story,

hiding behind metaphors,
and trying to convince my shadow
that I'm someone worth following.

I don't know much,
but I do know this:
Heaven is full of music,

and God listens to my heartbeat”
― Rudy Francisco, Helium

“I wonder how long it took to convince
the first rifle that it could hold a note
instead of a bullet, but still fire into a crowd
and make everyone move”
― Rudy Francisco, Helium

“am learning that this body is not a shotgun.
I am learning that this body is not a pistol.
I am learning that a man is not defined
by what he can destroy.”
― Rudy Francisco, Helium

“Sometimes I'm the mess.
Sometimes I'm the broom.
On the hardest days, I have to be both.”
― Rudy Francisco