The woman we all know, the girl we all miss

Here’s to you

The girl who didn’t know her smile blinded naysayers

The girl who broke her own heart from giving too much

The girl who said sorry even though you were in her way

The girl who felt that she wasn’t enough because others didn’t say so

The girl who wanted to fit in

And the woman who died a thousand times as shed those girls

Layer by loose-leaf layer

To the woman who didn’t know she was her own sun in the solar system that she manifested

To the woman who didn’t know how her laugh is the soundtrack lost souls didn’t know they needed

To the woman that remembers heartbreak is the opening to a long-awaited new beginning

To the woman who cried herself asleep only to receive the warmth of her daybreak

This one is especially for you

The one who is reading, only to find that they’ve been their best love for an entire lifetime

Now that’s worth clapping for