Growing

I am 

Growing.

Not in the way where your pants get short and your shirts get tight

Certainly not in that way. 

I am

Growing 

In the way that your soul gets enriched and your heart feels wider than the galaxy.

I've learned 

to look 

                  Instead of see

Listen 

                  Instead of hear

Articulate 

                  Instead of talk

And most importantly 

Feel.

I am 

Growing,

In ways the old me would have 

Laughed at. 

Disbelieved. 

Walked away from. 

Ways I didn't even know possible.

I am 

Growing. 

I can 

 f e e l 

my heart stretching north, east, south and west.

The pull of desire

[to learn 

and love 

and connect with others,] 

stretching me accross the world. 

I am growing. 

And it is so beautiful.