All You Need to Be

Marin Morgen

How many times have you swallowed your pride
For a person who never believed you?
When you’re quiet outside yet the storm rages on in your mind?

I know you like scarves
This one’s yours if you like it;
It isn’t fine silk, but my grandmother wore it each Sunday.
You are loved. This isn’t over.
You are all you need to be.

This is to you if you’ve weathered the pain
Of a comment that tore you in two
Between family and truth, because none of them know who you are.

I know you like tea,
So come sit at my table.
Drink and eat ‘til you’re full and the world feels as warm as the cup in your hands.
Know you are loved. And that this isn’t over.
You are all you need to be.

This is to you if you’ve covered your hands
So that someone who hurt you can’t see
The bright rainbow of hope that your fingernails flash to the sky. 

I know you like songs,
And I know you like dancing,
Take my hand and we’ll spin, if they say that we’re damned then forget them!
You are loved. This isn’t over.
You are all you need to be.

This is to you if you’re biding your time
For the day that you’re something like safe
To become who you are and to feel what you feel in your heart.

I know you’re in love,
And I know what you’re feeling,
So together let’s cry over quiet, and laugh from our souls over all the beauty!
You are loved. This isn’t over.
You are all you need to be.

Someday soon there’ll be love,
May it never be over.
You are all you need to be.