I Wanna Tell You

This is a poem I wrote for myself - as a woman past 50 who is still going after her dreams. I hope that it also resonates for you, whatever gender or age you are, to quote the novelist George Eliot, 'It's never too late to be who you were meant to be'. This is a poem to remind you that you matter, your voice matters, your thoughts matter, and you deserve to be heard. A reminder that we need you as much as you need yourself!

Transcript

I want to tell you that you matter, Just like all the other boys and girls. I want to tell you that it gets better. When all you feel is the hurt that still burns from that man who you thought was the love of your life but in the end gave you nothing but strife I want to tell you that the world's still your oyster, Even though you're past 50 now. I want to tell you that your truth needs spreading. You just need some help with the where and the how. I want to tell you don't give up because of all the pain and violence that you see. I want to tell you that we can change this because all of us just want to be free. I want to tell you don't give up. I want to tell you your dreams can come true. You can make your living sharing your gifts. You just got to believe so deeply in you. And as you believe you light up your soul and your soul's light can then overflow and help light the light of so many more who are tired and scared and weary of it all who see the pain in the world today and say my god How can this be? How can humanity let this happen? How can we not rise up and set us all free? But you've got to also see my love, The joy and light we all have inside. It's not only pain, It's also power. Those people, Just like you, Are a spark of the divine. So keep on going, Love. Because the world needs you. It needs your love and your alchemy. It needs the breath you breathe into it. It knows that your destiny is always to be free, So don't give up, My sisters and brothers. Remember to always, Always believe, Know that we can heal together. Know that our alchemy can set us all free. Know that those who act from hate and separation are just afraid of their own annihilation. They think this planet's a binary, That it's a question of you or me. They don't understand that war is their delusion. They don't understand that's their confusion. So we remember that we're here to show them the way, To help them turn from violence and instead face their own pain. To shine the light on the inside and grow from there. To learn that this life on this earth It's for all of us to share.

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