Writing - Listen
Miranda Weaver
Hesston, KS
Listen
Listen to the sun inside of you
You don’t have to be perfect
Or better
Or worse
They keep trying to tell you that you can’t
You can’t be smart enough
Fat
Tall
Short
Skinny
Good enough.
But you know better.
You don’t have to do what they do
Do you really want to be like them?
Look around you
Look at how beautiful the world is
It desires your presence to complete its breathtaking circles
It needs you to admire its sunsets spilling gold on the horizon
It begs you to bend and breathe in its bright spring flowers
Listen to the heart pumping life inside of you
So strong, yet delicate
Just like you
Listen to the deepest echoes of your heartstrings
Telling you to
Drink of the beautiful things in life
The sweet evening air
A smile
Love
Listen.