you are you,

I want to give you
everything I had and
so much I didn’t.

the way you played
amongst the leaves,
following a path
and stepping off
to be yourself,
that’s all I ever wanted
for you: to be who
you are, who you
are meant to be,
no matter what
I think
or
they think
or
what may
hold you back;
you are you,
and don’t you forget it.