From Time

I wish I could show you

The light in your eyes

The potential in your soul

I wish I could hold it in my hands

Reflect it back to you

And you could see

I wish I could show you

What I see years later

The strength you have

The courage that’s there

The boldness I know

I wish I could show you

The way to crack your heart open

And let it spill out

And the weight it would lift

I wish I could show you

The comfort in your skin

Accepting you

Exactly as you are

I wish I could show you

How beautiful you are

And the joy that lies

in letting it all go

But that’s not how I work

You must pass through me

You must experience me

In my smallest seconds

And greatest years

Only then will experience show you

What I cannot