Open Heart.

Tiny sparks are lighting up inside your heart now.

Isn’t this a sign that it’s finally breaking open

after being held prisoner for so long?

The walls you’ve built are finally being scaled

and they're slowly crumbling away.

Aren't the words freely flowing now?

Fate is tempting you to believe in

something magical again.

If so, isn't it finally time?

I know that you’ve tried to shield your heart

from those who wished to claim it.

They tried to fill voids within themselves

with your love,

to satisfy their own desires

instead of enveloping you

inside of comfort,

inside of safety.

They fed you contempt instead,

forcing an idealized version of you

onto your being.

Sweet one, you did not deserve any of it

and that side of suffering was unfair.

But that was then...

And this is now.

Now, it is time for you to

embrace the flutterings that are trying to

awaken your lovely, slumbering heart.

And it is time for you to awaken, dear one.

You were never meant for a life of darkness,

nor for going down perfectly paved roads.

When will you realize that

you have already been fearless all along?

There already exists a twinkle in your eye,

and an extra spring in your step.

Your newfound zest for life emerges,

and so, I say again: it is time.

Isn't it time to reach out for another’s hand,

aside from your own, and

take a leap into the unknown?

This may be your greatest adventure yet;

the past is behind you, as distant as the horizon.

The future lies ahead, but all we have is

right now.

It is time to face this happenstance with an

open heart.

Are you ready?