Lessons In Growth

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As I’ve gotten older

I’ve learned to pack parts of myself away

Not to hide,

Rather to partition the pieces

People have yet

to acquire the depths

to understand

Sometimes explaining myself comes off as biting hands

which have been holding me in place

Feeding me gourmet crumbs for so long

I forgot my body is starving for far more

Although it has been surviving

Desperately grasping onto strands of hope transformed into laurels

Tangling my feet up so badly

I forgot how to move forward


A “stepping razor”

is someone who is quick to fight

Maybe we just need a little extra umph to help kick the weeds off our boots

and finally let ourselves bloom

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