oh, little girl
when will you realize
you're full of flaws
you're bursting at the seams
but they will never weigh you down.
you are burdened
simply because you love strongly
deeply
without a single question
you give all of yourself away.
you were forged
not with fire and brimstone
but with paper and pen
the stuff of legends
wrapped so exquisitely.
skin of parchment
the decadence of sunlight
trapped inside your body
lighting you from within
you bleed ink when cut into.
it isn't your fault
that you feel so much
you have all of humanity
crammed into your heart
oh, how it must ache.
you are upholding a billion-year legacy
you are made of the stars above and seas below
a part of the heavens lives within you
oh, little girl
do not let it w e i g h
y o u
d o w n.