Find Your Way Back by Beyoncé

Happy Fall and almost Libra season. I haven’t been writing, I’ve been on my empty mind shit tbh. I don’t know if that’s peace or just being uninspired. But I have been inspired, just not in a literary way. And that’s okay. I don’t want to pigeonhole myself the same way I wouldn’t want people to put me in a box. So I’m still trying to accept the various ways I can express myself and it probably won’t be poetry every time. I’m still coming to terms with it. And with my 25th birthday on the horizon I am looking at it as a stretch of sea. I just see so much and I also don’t see enough if that makes sense. I’m excited to keep going and keep growing and learning. So I’ve been feeling changed. And this is what I’ve been telling myself so I’d like to pass it along to anyone who needs to read this and be reminded that their shedding is not in vain and everyday you get is a day to bask in your growth, even when it’s hard.

For You, Everyday 

It’s a beautiful day 

To cry about something. 

Anything you want. 

For however long. 

For whatever is gone. 

It’s a beautiful day 

To cry about what you laughed about. 

The day before. 

A month ago. 

However long.

It was still wrong. 

It’s a beautiful day 

To cry about what you’ve been. 

Lately. 

You’re never too late 

To your own healing appointment 

As long as you go. 

As long as you come home.

It’s a beautiful day

To fill with jam

And be more than enough 

For even the hungriest soul 

To contain. 

It’s a beautiful day

To cry about growth

To water that hope 

To shed that fear

As it evaporates into thin air 

Releasing the turbulence in your chest 

You were meant to truly rest. 

It’s a beautiful day 

To give yourself 

At least that.