For the Tulips in My Yard That Haven't Yet Bloomed

Yes, it's okay
to take your time, to
wait to come out
'till you're ready. But
don't let yourself think that
you're not ready yet, that
now is not the time
to open up and
show yourself. No,
it is your time, now.

Don't feel like
you don't make a difference,
because your colorful petals
make people's days. You
bring a little brightness
to their worlds with your blooms.

Don't believe that
you have to keep yourself in,
thoughts, emotions,
contained in a tight bud. No,
let yourself show, because
just by being true to yourself,
unleashing the you that you are,
you can make someone smile.

Don't think it's not worth it. Don't worry
if the harsh wind blows, because
you are strong.
You don't have to bow to it, you don't have to
succumb and be the droopy flower it wants you to be.
Because why be a droopy flower,
or a bud,
why hide everything you're feeling and
everything you do,
everything you are,
when, in fact, all of it
is beautiful?

TreePupWriter

VT

16 years old

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