Tuesday, May 8, 2018

You Have Become a Forest

One day when you wake up, 
you will find that you have become a forest. 
You have grown roots 
and found strength in them 
that no one thought you had. 
You have become stronger and more beautiful, 
full of life-giving qualities. 
You have learned to take all the negativity around you 
and turn it into oxygen for easy breathing. 
A host of wild creatures live inside you 
and you call them stories. 
A variety of beautiful birds rest inside your mind 
and you call them memories. 
You have become an incredible self-sustaining thing of epic proportions. 
And you should be so proud of yourself, 
of how far you have come 
from the seeds of who you used to be.
- Nikita Gill, You Have Become a Forest