Holding on
to what we know
I’ve never quite
been so miserable
I need to let go.
I need to let go.
|| You Are Safe Here ||
Holding on
to what we know
I’ve never quite
been so miserable
I need to let go.
I need to let go.
live on
little lion.
you’ll always
be confused as
a black sheep.
but you are fiece
and bold and full
of so much love
to give –
that others may
not be ready
to face.
but live on
little lion.
this world
may not be
ready to experience
your fieceness
but you will
still take it on
and make it your own.
Everything that is beautiful
is balanced out with ugly.
No matter how hard
I strive for the light
I know that there is darkness
lurking with me too.
I am a rose.
Easy to gaze upon
but when touched
they discover
I’m covered in thorns.
keep me like a secret.
hidden away. untouched.
are you cautious?
or are you hiding
these parts of you
from the world too.
hiding yourself
in someone else’s heart.
each freckle softly kissed
across the canvas of your skin.
sprinkled like the stars in the sky.
you’re a constellation.