I’ve have loved you since the beginning of time

I’ve nurtured your sick bones back to health

From broken branches

To bruised roots

I have been there

I have poured out my everything into creating you

I am a part of you

I have dragged you up from the ground

With my bare hands

And my tears have helped you bloom

I have let my feet sink into your soil

I have basked in you awe and wonder

My dear child

I am so sorry I let them take you away

They tried to enhance your splendor

But they did not realize you were already perfect

And when they did

They stripped you of you elegance

And elevated their own

My precious child

I am so sorry for what they have done

How I let them enter your mysteries

And exploit you until there was nothing left

Please forgive me

There is no more I can do

Like I said

I am a part of you

When there is nothing left for you to give

They will look to me

But I will not be there

Ariel Williams is a junior who in her spare time enjoys listening to spoken word and writing it as well. Ariel hopes to be writing more and involved with he Troubadour in her senior year.