What’s the kindest thing someone has ever done for you?
Become an artist.
She was that.
Is that.
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She loved me
when it felt
like no one
else could.
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She saw me.
She knew me.
She heard me.
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She is my body.
She cried with me.
She told me her hurt.
She hurt when I suffered.
She stayed with me in a hospital bed.
She remembered who I am before I did.
She reminded me every day of who I am by being who she is in me.
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Separate, yet equally:
Connected,
Chosen
and
Child-like.
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To the Artist,
Whoever taught you
To draw in straight
or perfect lines?
*
To walk in
Straight
lines?
*
To Be
straight?
*
Who stopped
You from
dancing?
*
Who told you
You’re voice
Wasn’t
Worth
A
Song?
*
Who said not to pick up
Bird feathers
And write?
*
Who said not to
Hug trees?
*
Who stopped
You from
Mucking
In the
Mud?
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Artist of my body,
Why did you stop
Stop feeling
what others
feel?
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Is there an art to
The possibility
That you
Will
Return
To your
Child-like
Self at any age?
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She is there, too.
With you.
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You are
Her
Author.
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She will remind you
Again and again
Of who you
Truly are.
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Trust
Every
Mistake.
*
Every
Altered
Path
In time.
*
Every
dumb
looking
canvas.
*
Every
Odd
Pair.
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She
Inspires
Everyone
And no
One.
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She writes
Her own
Rules.
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She inspires
Others to
Follow.
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She is
the Artist
in my life.
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