6-25-17 Feel Again

 To the kids who paint outside the lines 

Draw on the walls and on their siblings faces

To the thirteen year olds with flower skirts and favorite princesses 

Who dream of saving animals and planting trees 

To the high schooler in the back of the class writing his next poem 

Or the crying girl in the school bathroom wiping her tears and moving on to her next class

You are special 

God painted all of you 

Your frame work should be displayed on the highest mantel 

Your face should be carved in mountains 

Your soul sung from the hill tops 

You've been struck and cut and burned more times than you can remember 

I'm so proud of you

More than you'll ever know

Don't dump your tears in the ocean 

God is collecting all of them 

The gallons and gallons you've showered the earth with 

Not one drop goes to waste

You are loved beyond all measure 

You were created to create 

So draw on your legs, sing at the top of your lungs at one in the morning, wake up early and watch the sunrise 

Because you were made to be different from the rest 

So cry if you need to, we all do

Let your tears remind you that you still feel 

That you can touch the pavement and still feel the rocks in your shoes 

Keep looking up 

God hasn't taken His eyes off you 

•feel again•