Dear friend, listen and know
They say you can become anything you wish to be.
I know you do not like what you have become.
You find the tiniest things to hate about yourself and close your heart when someone wants to come in
Your mind is a house, you serve tea to your thoughts,
you decide which ones get to partake and which ones must go.
You view yourself through a Fun House mirror.
And decide to never listen.
You like my poetry so hopefully you'll look at this one.
L, pay attention.
You are the sunlight that comes in through your bedroom window.
The dust particles that dance beautifully in the air.
A shooting star, your skin is star dust darling.
You are infinite, unable to be contained.
for you are made of thousands of colors.
Sometimes I swear you're made of christmas lights.
Laughs like tiny bells and smiles orange slices.
You never notice how DEEP joy and love is stuffed into your skin
Sometimes you forget it's there.
Like a shirt in the back of the closet you thought you gave away.
I know you are more loved than you think.
You choose who you are.
And you might not like what that is right now,
But one day, you will look back at yourself,
smile fondly at the memory and feel nothing but love.
I am a virgo, so I imagine my life in the future more often than I should.
But when I do,
you are in it, and you are alive.