You're allowed to outgrow the person you used to be.

Friendship

You're allowed to outgrow the person you used to be.

The skin you wore was a sturdy frame,
A house built out of a younger name.
It fit you well in the winter light,
When the days were short and the edges tight.
But rooms grow small when the spirit tallies,
And shadows stretch through the quiet valleys,
And you find that hallways once deemed wide
Are now too narrow for what’s inside.
 
It is not a fault to leave the door,
To pace no more on that dusty floor.
You are not a statue carved in stone,
Nor seeds of a harvest long since mown;
You are the tide that must claim the sand,
The river carving a different land.
To shed the heavy, the hushed, the small,
Is not a loss—it is the call.
 
So let the old self drift to sea,
A ghost of who you had to be.
You haven't failed, you haven't strayed,
You're simply outgrowing the bed you made.
The bloom requires the wilted leaf,
The joy is taller than the grief;
And standing here, in this wider view,
You are finally becoming you.
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  • Ogunisjustice

    Out growing your environment out growing ppl things is very peaceful and breath taking once u take those steps its the people that make it uncool to outgrow your environment they say you acting brand-new out of envy

  • Kevin Hulme

    When I look at Photos of myself when young : It's like another Person. I like to think we become Wiser as we get older. Consider things more. A good Write here.

  • sorenbarrett

    A poem of growth and recognition that change is a life thing. Nicely rhymed and with good flow it carries its message well.

  • Tristan Robert Lange

    Friendship, this really moved me. There is such a deep sense of permission and grace woven through it. So many people need to hear exactly this message at exactly the right moment. Beautiful poem, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

  • Syd

    Amen to that!

    Brilliantly written 👏

    - Syd

    • Friendship

      Thank you, my friend

    • cellinic

      A good write. thanks)

    • arqios

      How absolutely freeing. 🕊️🙏

    • Thomas W Case

      Excellent.



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