Grown?!
After a While
~Veronica A. Shoffstall
After a while you learn the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn mean learning
and company doesn mean security,
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and you eyes open,
with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all you roads on today
because tomorrow ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if
you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul,
instead of waiting for someone else to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...
That you really are strong,
And you really do have worth.
And you lear and you learn
with every goodbye
you learn.
*sigh*
