Please remember
You are not who left you
You are not who loved you and
you are not what stays and rots as you plant new roots for yourself

Please know
you are here to grow,
water yourself more
as the ground below
dries and takes your nutrients away

As you grow, I want you to remember this:
You are sunlight on a late morning in early May
You are fresh cut grass under rose pink toenails
You are the first sip of iced coffee in the morning as
your heart begs for that little burst of energy that tastes like candy

As you tend to your leaves please remember:
You are not days you do not shower,
you are not days you do everything right

You are the feeling of warm sheets at night
you are hope when faith has seemed to die
But you must be these things for yourself
Because you are not who left you when you thought you did everything right


Water your roots,
make sure you are weeding your own flowers so that you can grow tall and bring color to dreary settings that cannot contain you