time – The Stardust Elephant

Dear papa

Thank you for buying me that box of color pencils.
Thank you for buying me that story book.
Thank you for that new pink top.
Thank you for letting me wear your perfume and shirts.
Thank you for that new phone.
Thank you for everything you bought for me.

But. Also.
Thank you for all those things I’ve never said said thank you for.
Thank you for teaching me to wish the best even for people that broke Me.
But, also for teaching me to not go back.
Thank you for teaching me to love so sincerely and purely.
But, also for teaching me to never ask for it, only give.

Thank you for teaching me to do so much good.
Thank you for teaching me that you can never stop learning.
Thank you for making me like you, my super hero.
Thank you for teaching me to wish the best even for the people that ruin you.
Thank you for teaching me that love is the only way.
Thank you for teaching me to never hate.
Thank you for teaching me that super heroes are flawed too, nothing is perfect.
Thank you for teaching me to be our super hero, when you couldn’t.
Thank you for being so brutally honest.
Thank you for letting me see you be so kind, and learn from it. Learn that kindness could break and build castles.
Thank you for teaching me to be so down to earth.
Thank you for teaching me that respecting other people never goes out of fashion.
Thank you for letting me know that no emotions are invalid.
Thank you for making me the person I am today.

You have been my strength and weakness.
And will continue to be.

Thank you, mostly for loving me so much, that my bones can feel it and my soul feels the calm around you.

Yours,
Emo Child.

#HappyFathersDay

When you walk back down your memory lane.

It’s beautiful. But it’s thorny too. You come to realise how many things you’ve loved And lost, and how much of it still remains. How everything has changed so much, that no matter how hard you try, you can’t make it what it was. A myriad reasons. It’s like aging, once your 20, you can’t be 2 again. The number will not change. You can act like 2 but you will still be 20, it has inherently changed. There are so many people you love, but either they’ve given up or you have on trying to make it work like before. You do love them, And they do love you. One day, you’ll probably lose them, they will be gone, far away, and you will want a chance to have it back, to fix everything that didn’t work, but you won’t get one, cause they’re gone. They might want to fix everything too, But they’ll be too far away by then. Don’t give up on each other, treat everyone like you know, either they or you will die tomorrow And you or they won’t be able to make it up. A little love and kindness goes a really long way.
Although, Sometimes, The walk makes you realise, it’s not doable. That’s when you crumple up like a rose on blazing fire. The petals blackened, falling off or becoming powder, one by one, until all that is left is the thorns.

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