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

I want to grow like a flower

Slow at first, then all at once, bloom.

Basking in the sunlight

Being my own source of nourishment

Yet connected to my community

Deep down within my roots.

A beautiful dance of interdependency

With the ecosystem around me

Standing out as an individual

Yet a part of something bigger than me.

I want the raindrops to fall

Settle on my petals in tiny beads

Providing little pools of refreshment

To insects in need.

I want to produce sweet nectar

A source of food and contentment

For the life all around me

And all the life within me.

I want to stand tall and proud

Providing beauty for all to see

Radiate sweetness into the air

Encompass lovers in an embrace.

I want to grow like a flower.