you are broken
but it is not this
brokenness that
becomes you
rather it is what you do
with the parts left
inside your soul
that determines
what you
become
so use this time
for becoming-
listen to music not because
you love it but
because you are
curious
write words on
torn paper to
make sense of your feelings when
what you feel doesn’t make
sense
daydream not
for hopelessness’s sake but
for the sake of replacing
the nightmares you have
convinced yourself are
reality
grow, not
in spite of the storm but
because of the rain
the storm brings
let this lost period
nurture you,
sit with the seeds that
are too ambitious for
your apprehension and
make friends with dreams
far loftier than your
place on the ground
because this is how you climb.
nothing in your life has
trained you for this
yet at the same time
it is only
your past experiences
that make this journey
possible
your past is what makes you
possible
this growth makes the future
possible
don’t give up
on what is still
possible
