Reason

Who told you to love me and all my flaws? Who asked you to penetrate the thick skin that confined my cries and who informed you to let me know it was okay to breathe? I’ve been scuff-marked and drenched in a dystopia of pain baptized in the burning hell of mistreatment then left to crawl and claw my way out of a bucket full of crabs that kept pulling me back to where I used to be and back to the wounded bird I once was My ragged flesh was full of prickly thorns I bled profusely over everything around me but then you found me wrapped your arms around me and gave me one of the greatest things next to life itself You gave me a reason An unconditional reason to just be Be beautiful Be fabulous Be phenomenal hell, be bold, courageous and unapologetic You gave me a reason to smile at the reflection of myself that I was once afraid to lay my eyes upon Gave me a reason to feel no guilt anytime I began to believe in myself You gave me a reason not permission to be the best woman best poet and best lover I could be Reason came accompanied with hope, joy, and smiles More laughter than one soul could contain and more love than one heart could hold That’s why I chose to share it with you So you can experience what your reasons have done for me Your reasons gave me motivation to do all the things others told me I could not do It was your reasons that kept me from convincing myself someone else out there is much better than me With every reason you provided I repetitively saw your smile because your happiness is also a reflection of my happiness and that is the most remarkable thing anyone could ever witness I don’t know who it was who told you to love me and all my flaws I don’t know who asked you to penetrate the thick skin that confined my cries or informed you to let me know it was okay to breathe but whomever it was I’m glad they gave you a reason to do that for me