if you want to know how
to speak to yourself
when your heart
has been sprained,
ask yourself what you will tell
your daughter one day
when her heart aches...
then your words stream out:
"do you know that
you are a MARVEL?!
with sun in your face
and stardust in your heart!
i do.
i know.
i've seen.
you are a blast of
light and love on this earth
with art streaming out
.
period.
i was going to say something
about that person
that hurt you, but
let's not puzzle over them.
i decided they need not
be addressed after all.