In the silence of your heart

may your dream

rise from the ashes

of what was not good enough,

brush itself off

and adorn itself vibrantly

in the colors of hope.

In that corner 

where grief resides,

may your heart lift itself

away from the shards

and sharpness

of criticisms

given so carelessly

by those grown bitter

from self-inflicted paralysis.

Inside your fears

with all your broken places,

may you find your 

courage

to mend them with gold

so that when you stand up, 

you stand out~

glittering from the beauty

of the suffering

that let you become

More.