SUNSHINE AURA – self-esteem. self-love. self-actualization. 

I wander around, admiring the leaves

The way they boldly exclaim

Here I am, in all my glory

No shame, no anxiety, no fear

Complete serenity in who they are.

I wonder why people struggle

When things change, they turn shy

Sometimes even hide their gifts

Afraid of judgment

Afraid to outgrow themselves.

If nature can let things happen

Why can’t we?

Why must we fight the transitions?

There is beauty in the unraveling

Vibrancy in the symbolic deaths.

Maybe the underlying fear

Is because we know —

We know the leaves glow today

But they will wither and die tomorrow

Burning so bright, just to gray and shrivel.

We forget that a few months will pass

An enchanted winter, alive with grace

Only to yield to new growth

Another spring and another chance

To start all over again, brand new.

I gaze at the yellows, oranges, and reds

Grounded back in the present moment

And I decide

I will breathe and surrender

Allow myself to be changed and to trust.