be your
self today
& then your better
self
tomorrow
be patient
with your own
becoming
the task may seem
like water against
stone
like sound
spiraling outward
towards the
impossibly distant
stars
you are the
sunrise that
never ceases to
amaze
there’s no right
way for a chick to
exit its shell
count on time
to take care of
changing
everything
your work is
just this––
to let yourself
grow