only candles to light the way

Thank you for teaching me how to

Accept the feeling of being alone.

Before you, I needed a home

I needed to feel safe. I couldn’t

Stand to see myself, alone.

Before you, I needed courage.

I needed to feel accepted,

And loved. You’ve shown

Me what it’s like to care

For another human. I love

You for what you are,

But my heart bleeds

Every day and every night.
Just to hear your voice.

I wait and wait-
 for

What I don’t know,

Things don’t change

When they don’t want

To. But I know I

Have changed, I have

Evolved. Bloomed:

Into a beautiful flower.

Time has brought change

And I think it’s time for
me

To go
now