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For Blueberry Spicehead #SundayFlow

maybe it’s okay 
to cut off the part of us 
that makes us glow with pride 
plant it in fresh soil
and grow something new 
yet the same 
and somehow whole
maybe this time 
if we take it seriously 
we won’t shame the fruit 
as they grow 
slowly 
into what they will be 
into whatever they want 
maybe that it grows 
at all 
will be enough 
that it lives 
at all 
will be the glory
maybe we speak sweetly 
to our newness 
like we haven’t before 
and always wanted 
so we don’t ever again 
miss our chance 
to bathe 
in the light of our freedom 
to drink 
from the juice of our healing 
to soften 
in the blanket of our grief
maybe if we let go 
of the us before 
we give honor 
to our progenitor
to the us that was 
and the choir 
of absolution 
will sing in all of our cells 
in our roots
new and old 
and build to a love 
that echoes 
for progeny to come