I'm Sorry

I am sorry I took so long to realise that all you wanted, all you needed was to feel safe. To feel safe that who you were was enough. I am sorry that you were not taught about the perfection in you, a type of perfection that is uniquely yours. A type of perfection that has the potential to serve others in the most meaningful way. And no, I am not saying you are perfect, and nor do you have to be. I am saying that you are perfectly exceptional, perfectly imperfect, perfectly you and I am sorry that it took me so long to realise. I am sorry that somewhere along the messiness of our lives I forgot to nurture your spirit, I let it drift away when it needed to be lifted, lifted amongst the heavens to show you your worth. I am sorry that I did not understand how to show you love, instead I let the noise enter and I believed that we were imperfect. But I am here now. I have done the work for both of us. I have dived deeper than I ever have, I have seen you with eyes that have now been nourished with the wisdom of understanding our pain, and in doing so I have uncovered­ our strength. I do not see how we can be broken again, not in the same way as before, because I finally, finally, finally see you. I finally know you and I am finally ready for you to just be you. I can feel your relief, your freedom and I can finally feel your peace. So be you. And when I feel you dancing freely inside, I know that I will be the best version of me.