Far from home

Knowing no one

I stood, a pallid flower in the wind

Bent down

Knocked over

Until

In the distance

Appeared a flower

Bursting with color and vitality

Its petals scattered immediately

Like autumn leaves on a brisk day

Leaving it bare

Raw

Vulnerable to the weight of the world

My petals dropped one by one

As I stood in awe

And trembled at the weight of the moment

That left me bare

Raw

Vulnerable to the weight of the world

But for the first time

I felt

Lightness

Freedom

And belonging

The moment my petals scattered

I knew I could never turn back

I turned to face the sunlight

And embrace a new beginning