Kaleidoscope

In your life you will be both revered and reviled

Given praise for things undone while accomplishments go unseen

Life is a spectacle, beautiful and capricious

Kaleidoscope moments attached to every breath you take

And in those breaths you find what we're looking for

Be that angels or demons, there is no short supply

As you walk through these pages of your story

My hope for you is to claim the power you already hold

May you love yourself in all your perfect imperfection

Spending your days wrapped in the warmth of adoration and forgiveness

Don't waste your precious tears seeking validation from others

Those wells run dry, from being when used to often

Embolden the spirit given shelter inside you

And surround yourself with only those who celebrate your worth

In your past there will be joy as well as sadness

In your future, fear, hope, and the promise of another chance

But it's the moments when you breathe, where you are truly alive

The spaces between breaths, mere placeholders

Abandon the tethers of yesterday and tomorrow, so you may thrive in this moment

Embracing the colors of this world and the lens by which you define them