I DeClare

The intention to grow instantly creates space for your body to step into but, unless you let go of everything weighing you down then that space dissolves into air like a broken promise  - April Green 

I DeClare

It is rare that I make resolutions

Don’t want them to haunt me in the dead of night

Each day guilted by all the things I said I would or would not do

I only do what I want, when I want

With a full heart or not at all

And the rest will have to settle somewhere between my lips and my intention

I don’t DeClare often

But there comes a day

When I am more than dependable woman

More than what I’ve accomplished or seek to and as that day approaches

Know this:

I declare to remember how to love

In the face of hurt in my heart

I will love you, that’s me

Foolishly, at times, but courageous

I vow to forgive

To ignite the soft of me and surrender to that knowledge that everything ain’t gonna grow like I grow

Aint gon’ know what I know, how I know

And that is ok

There is still love in letting go

I commit to love myself

To honor this girl with dreams she can’t stomach yet but works hard to

In the morning, I will pray to a God I hope to be more like and she will laugh Knowing I have forgotten already that she loves me unconditionally

Just a girl wanting more and more and more

But having everything I already need

I commit to laugh hardest when life is most challenging

I will  to tell strangers they are beautiful because they haven’t heard it in too long

I promise to dance across the floor when I’m excited

I promise to be excited

To sit with my mother to remind her that she makes amazing things and prays that she believes it

To listen to my elders, to honor the repetition in their stories

To watch intently as my cousins blossom

I promise to be there for them how they want me to be

And none of this comes easy

None of it will be overnight

I might be scared and stubborn at first and when I am

I vow to lean into it

To let life make a masterpiece of me

To be a thank you note to God

To say what needs to be said in the moment and trust that I am prepared

I promise to listen to the way God moves

I promise to be moved

To notice the details in the day

I vow to never stop picking up on energy

And feeling responsible for humanity

I promise to let this fire rage

To drink more water and carry this skin like a gift

I promise to breathe on purpose - every breath is blessed responsibility

And to fall in love without fear

I DeClare I vow. I promise

Peace!

(Big love to Natalie P)