i have this dream
that one day someone will love
every single part of me.
on particularly windy evenings when the sky is trying out new breathing exercises and pine and midnight dust turn into birds and dance through currents of air
i leave my window unlocked
open my chest up just a crack
hoping that someone might see the light,
bright and lonely
shining from my heart,
hoping that they are hoping, too, that the breeze will lead them to my window
so they can hold it in the palm of their hands for a moment
filled with understanding and recognizing that
my vulnerability
is not weakness or a mistake that i made while trying to protect myself
but a sign of beauty and faith
a promise
that i will only ever be a girl
with a dream
and a soul wishing for my insecurities
to be magnified like the sunrise projecting its grace into the morning.
a trust and hope that the next person to love me will not take my light and instead
place it in the palm of their hands in the softest way
knowing that when the wind takes them back home they will have something to smile about.
i will keep waiting (dreaming)
for someone to love me
and my flaws
just like this.
