a message

hold your head high, baby girl

because the ground will grab you by the chin and stare you in the eyes. 

take a deep breath, baby girl

because the air will do its best to isolate you. 

keep your eyes open, baby girl 

because the sickness of what you see will glue them shut. 

and you may ask why the world would do such a thing to you

and baby girl, 

I don’t have answers. 

But I need you to see, feel, hear the world change around you

as wars die out and people are born 

and 

I hate to tell you, baby girl

but nothing ever stays the same. 

Because one minute you may be on the highest mountain but the next

the weight of the world will sit on your shoulders while you drown face first in water. 

But you will grow, and change, 

and so will the people around you. And when the world

is  divided and hateful and cruel

you will bear a delicate flower to lay on its head. 

Baby girl, 

I don’t know what will happen next

but hold your head high 

and take a deep breath.