come closer

see me

don't miss what my details can teach you

your path wasn't mine

your experience of love wasn't mine

my scars

my wounds

my breaks

don't cast me away

don't sum me up with one look

don't put me in your box

my joy

my song

my color

I'm also made to love and be loved

I'm also made to cry and to laugh

you and I

we're made to be free

meet me right where I am

sit here next to me

please don't try to change me

love me

as I am

come closer

see me

don't miss what my details can teach you

*written in Spring of 2018 by Jonathon Stalls of Intrinsic Paths

*included in Intrinsic Paths Volume 1

*photo: taken by Jonathon Stalls

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