I could’ve had anything
But I got you
And with you came
Baggage turned wisdom
Understanding and grace
Lessons
On how to have fun before
I was ready to learn
Patience until
I was ready
Your forever late bloomer
Too soft for this world
But too brave to go quietly
With you came
Late night apologies
Forgiving tears
Pleas to know how
To help me
Days I didn’t know
How to help
Myself
Patience while neither of us knew
Beauty and strength in womanhood
Never spoon fed
Always simply offered
With no unnecessary apologies
Only those grounded in truth
With you came
Truth
Hard truth
Soft truth
Profound truth
Grace-of-God truth
Knowledge
He is always there and I know this because
You have always been there too
Talking when all I know
Is silence
And patience when I couldn’t
Open my mouth
Believing in me
Before
I was capable of believing
In myself
The day I was born you say you saw me
And knew I was your little girl
Who you needed to protect
From the world
You started that day and never stopped
And I can feel it every day
Elizabeth Day is an author, poet, blogger, and playwright from Las Vegas, Nevada. Her work has been featured in The Just Girl Project, Empyrean Literary Magazine, Contemporary Jo, Hey Young Writer, and Fterota Logia. She is a student at Southern Utah University studying English education with a creative writing emphasis and double minors in theater and film. You can find her on Instagram @itsanadventur.
Featured image by Liana Mikah on Unsplash.
