I had so many beautiful things I wanted to say to you.
But everytime I opened my mouth,
you turned away.
So I started saying them to myself instead.
Everytime I opened my mouth,
I grew and grew.
More into myself
and out of you.
I whispered the I love you’s I had reserved
the affirmations
the encouragement.
And I grew and grew.
Until,
I didn’t need you to face me to speak.
Until,
I could speak into fields of emptiness,
into crowds of turned faces.
The I love you’s, the affirmations, the encouragement…
grew flowers in deserts.
My words, no longer sought validation.
They had power on their own.
I had power
on my own
And now, I speak
and leave behind a field of flowers.
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