Bloom

stay strong through your pain
grow flowers from it
you have helped me
grow flowers out of mine so
bloom beautifully
dangerously
loudly
bloom softly
however you need
just bloom
-rupi kaur
 

​Your pain is valid. My pain is valid.
But a lotus flower grows resiliently high above the mud because it knows the mud was never the end point.
One by one, petals open with strategic wisdom
bursting forth into a colorful and exquisite collective consciousness.
 
And so
across cities, coastlines, and continents
however far away
my dear ones
I bloom (with &) too. 


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