You Are So, So Brave {Poetry}

Tuesday, May 31, 2016 No tags Permalink

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“She was not the moon, or the sun, or a planet.
She was your whole goddamn universe, 
and I know what it’s like
to hang up stretches of stars on another person’s arms.

I know what it’s like to sing about the galaxies in their eyes.
I know what it’s like to love someone and feel like they deserve no less than all the light they can carry with their two hands,
and I know what it’s like to feel dim.

If you could, 
you would have taken the rings off of Saturn and 
wrapped it around her finger.

And I know that most days it can seem like your 
two steps forward dragged you ten steps back.
I hope you know that this is okay.
I hope you know that you will be okay.

But honey,
We must not forget about the girl who never gave up.
We must not forget about the girl who continued to swear honesty in her poems like a promise to God himself.
We must not forget about how that girl was brave enough to let go,
even if that meant that some nights consisted only of under-the-blankets, constant repetitions of “I still love you, I still love you, I still love you, please come back”

We must not forget this girl, 
because this girl is the fighter.
This girl is the reminder.
This girl is the answer.
This girl is the only person you need to love, love, love, love, love.
This girl is stronger.
This is the girl who wakes up in the morning after a long night of battling loneliness,
the girl who drinks too much red wine,
the girl who loves like she is dancing on a tight rope,
the girl who is recklessly unapologetic,
and this is the girl who is important.
And this girl is you.”

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