it’s okay
to dissolve
in the process
of creating yourself.

it’s okay
to leave parts
of you behind
if they no longer
serve a purpose in
becoming who you are.

there is still
space
for love in your
sadness.

the people who
claim to love you
with their words but
doesn’t respect you with
their actions doesn’t deserve
your love.

(stay away from them)

and the sun
looked down at her
and said:

"wake up.
everything that is
asleep inside of you.
wake them up.

you are too
delicate to heal this way."

the sun is exfoliating
my skin for you.

just give me a minute,
my love.

i am shedding the dry
past away.

the way
your life
blossoms
depends not
in the way
that you water it

but in the way
that you replant it
over and over in
different mindsets.

in different soils
and environments.

seeing what suits
your characteristics.

seeing how much
the sun touches your leaf.

and how you release
oxygen back to the world.

i overthink.
i over love.
i over feel.

i am the sea
or i am nothing.