aphrodite
you taught me so much
i feel you taught me
everything
i need to know
and you sent me a tulip
not when i needed it most
but when you knew
i was ready
now that i am
getting better and better
at unapolegetically
unconditionally
loving
myself
i can see the
threshold
i feel it
in my heart
in my bones
in my whole being
and i am
grieving
but also
looking forward
for the time of my life
where i don't
need to be reminded
constantly
anymore
that it is okay
to choose myself
i will miss you
but i will never forget you
and all that you have done for me
you will always be with me
with every beat of my heart
each a declaration of love
for myself