my favorite picture of myself
was taken in a redwood forest

I stood next to a tree
at the age of seventeen
and the height of six feet
and about 130 pounds

and for once
I felt short
and not the giant myself

tell me
tell me I'm beautiful
tell me I'm worth it
tell me that I mean something
tell me who I am
tell me how I've changed
tell me who I'm meant to become
tell me before i tell you

i do not know how to love
softly,
i walk across this ocean like
i am from heaven
but my feet keep slipping through
the surface,
roughly
i try to hold my bones inside my body
but i have gotten used to the way
they look on the outside,
quietly
i hold my own heart with my hands
because i cannot trust anyone else but,
tightly
too too tight.
but do not tell anyone, megan
do not tell anyone.
i wish i could have loved you,
softly.

don't bring me flowers
why watch beauty slowly wilt?
i'll flourish my own

When you know you're broke
And sadness is what you soak,
Remember why you stood at first,
To become something and quench that thirst !

When darkness is what you follow,
Remember it's just hollow !
Because the ones that believe in your core,
Eyes of them will help you reach your shore !

Spark in you is still that wild,
The once fallen, again stood up a child !
And when they try to put you down,
Show them your spirit that wears a crown!

Sacrifice when makes you burn,
Don't forget, that gold is in what you turn !
Loneliness in you when starts to reside,
Your soul will remind you,
That your mate is just beside!

you made me realise that indeed,
love has no boundaries;
love has no limits;
that love has no borders;
and love is not confined.
my love,
i will forever be grateful for what you taught me.
fate, however, had different plans for us.
we are just another star-crossed lovers
whose paths are destined to meet
but ends up in different ways.