Heal

To keep a wound open

Intentionally

Not to nurse the pain

But to remember it

To respect it

Requires the strength to tear the scab -

To refuse to grow over it

But to prune yourself around it instead

Using it as a reservoir

To set your roots in.

If you have the strength to keep a wound open

The moss will grow on its banks

Before long. Eventually.

And your branches will spread above it

And throw sun-dappled shadows into its chasms.

A wound can be beautiful,

If you have the strength to tear the scab.

You are strong enough.

You are strong enough.

You are strong enough.