I tried to be
many things
because I loved you—
because I knew
you believed in me.
So I stretched.
I risked.
I reached for parts of me
I never knew I had.
And in that stretch,
I found new strength—
rooted in your
sweet believing.
Then, look!
Look here—
a blossoming!
I outgrew the ceiling
I once stared up at
from the depths
of insecurity,

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