oct 15, 2020

you are not the sum of your parts

you are not a moment frozen in time when you've wanted to restart

you are not a fragment of a day in your life

you are not when you've wanted to escape this strife

not the girl who broke your heart when you were just learning how to love

not the words that reminded you of hurt but you never wanted to let go of

not the days you spent waiting in the rain for someone who never came

not the eternities looking out a window, wanting to die, filled with shame

you are all the kind words you've ever given and meant

all the times' someone's made you laugh, the love letters you've sent

all the songs you've ever listened to and all the books you've ever read

all of the long talks under the stars and all the right answers on a test

all the last-minute goals you've made and all the grains of beach sand under your toes

one moment does not define you

you are who you want to be