GROW

I envy a plant or flower 
for in order to grow 
all they need is soil 
sunlight and water 
Sure they might
weather a storm or two
maybe even a cloudy day 
but nothing like my storms

As I try to grow 
much more needed 
than soil, sunlight and rain 
in order for me to succeed 
if only it was weather that determined my change or my ability to grow of more beauty and strength raising myself from a seed in the ground and raising myself tall into the sky 
with confidence and strength

Cultivated at hands of inexperienced green thumbs 
I feel as though my chance was slim to amount to anything that resembles a healthy plant but I still fight the odds against no sunlight from a dark past captive to the shade, watered down values and principles , high winds of violence , carried carelessly to various climates until I was finally set free from the families greenhouse

As I transform from then to now the light I’ve found as I seek it more and more each day avoiding the darkness of a birthplace, keeping free of harms reach and learning to love myself regardless the dark past, captive to others hands

I’ll grow , I’ll prosper , I’ll defy all odds as I overcome the obstacles refusing to allow the nuisances of ignorant green thumbs leave their fingerprints forever upon the leaves of my life as I branch out reaching for the growth I deserved all along 
I will grow and prosper as I keep following the son of Mother Natures creator , knowing the light of faith can heal all wounds and cultivate a cleansed soul regardless the sins of the seed that spawned

Forgiveness of others requires forgiveness for yourself and when your reflection is of a higher power forgiveness is guaranteed, you must ask for it in order to receive and within yourself growth you’ll transform into a beautiful plant among an eternal Heavenly Garden and through your soul the beauty will show for others to witness and without asking they will know for a soul with that much light will catch the eyes of others

And together we all will grow at the hands of the creator of all the green thumbs , where an abundance of soul, faith and discipline will replace the soil, sunlight and rain creating an eternal growth within this life transforming beauty into pain