Delicate Beauty / by Zander Ford

Delicate Beauty

Why

Were you hiding in the shadows?

What course took you to hide your

Flame?


Was it the lash of

Father’s tung?

The flash of muzzle fire

Spit from disapproval

The fear of death

Induced by pain?


Delicate Beauty

I am here

To help you

See life again


To help you flourish

In the shelter of these strong arms

To provide love

To those parts of you

Long abused

Now infused

With giant force

Of intricate

Fierce knowing

You once knew


And now...


Bloom into

As an adult

Full of radiance

Full of your power

Full of your own right to be


The Beauty


You you wish to see