Heartbreak always brings about reflection, and one of the things that has come to mind is something I wrote when I was 18. At first it concerned me to think that over all these years I haven’t changed much, because the words still ring so true. But eventually I began to feel blessed, because the years still have not jaded me, and there is some core of me that remains true.

GROW

Have I the courage?
Have I the strength?
To open myself to someone.
For in opening, I offer
A part of me!
-Do I lose this part
or does it grow fuller?-
As I find the strength
To open myself to you
I know, I can only
GROW!