aligning stars

You are so much more than you've ever known

Tonight, I wonder how many empty promises
you've been told.
How many 'I love you's spoken without anything
to hold onto.
I wonder how many times you've been told
the stars beneath your skin and in your eyes cannot shine
without another person to light them.
How many nights where you felt alone in this world
just because a certain someone didn't want you.
I wonder how many times I need to tell you
that you are worth so much more than another person
until you finally believe me.
Darling, you are not the promises they broke,
the phone calls they never returned,
the attention they didn't pay to you.
You are not the disappointments.
You are not the failures.

Instead, you are the love blooming inside your bones.
You are the notes beating through your heart.
My love, you are not the ones
who could not love you.