Beautiful Girl

To the beautiful girl who doesn't think she's beautiful.

Last night we were eating dinner. gnocchi and you said the only thing beautiful about you was your eye lashes.

And I see what's between and around them
And I'm confused.
Because what I see,
When I see you
Is light
Is intensity
Is softness and a longing to be seen.

To be seen
Is that not
The only thing,
Sometimes.

You are seen my friend
You touch everyone you pass
Fingers outstretched, wingspan wide
Tendrils of green flower stems pouring from your finger tips.

And although you're so obviously
So clearly beautiful
What lives beneath your shell
Is much more profound.

Because the flora flourishing within you
Vibrant and hearty
Is growing you into a being
So complex
So multi dimensional
So staggeringly radiant
It blinds those who are too weak to hold such a strong thing in their hands.

Yes. You are a lesson personified.
With every lesson you help others learn at your own painful, and selfless expense
Your stems get taller.
Sturdier in your roots
Your petals more eye catching

The weak ones see your resolve
And they tremble
Your face absorbing the sunlight
Converting it into energy
Flares escaping your eyes
And they don't understand
Because they've never seen sunlight like yours.

Beautiful girl
Grow your roots downward into the water
Because it's impossible to grow upward until we go down
Down into the earth
Dark, damp and at times destitute

But the more difficult it gets
The deeper we grow down
The more steadfast we become
Less likely to be plucked by a shallow rooter
Who only sucks up our nutrients until we're dried out, crisp.

When our fractal feet weave deeper into the soil as a result of those who couldn't be bothered to water you, you then chose to water yourself.
You found your own source of refreshment no longer at the feet of weeds, which only constrict and consume
But in your sunlight eyes and fresh water veins.

Beautiful girl
You needn't prove your worth to anyone
Not with petals that yellow
And roots that expansive

Those who really live within, not on top of, your radiance won't try and pick you from the earth
Rather
They'll observe your light
And absorb it
Thank you beautiful girl
For allowing me to absorb your light.