STAY

Photograph by Briscoe Park.

You

Are so much more valuable

Than you realize

So much more beautiful

And gentle

The self-deprecating

Self-hating thoughts

That complicate your mind

Need not haunt you

If you could see yourself

From my eyes

You would know

How loved and need

You are

You matter

Your story

Your heart

Your presence

Is so needed by this

World

You have done so much

For others

I need you to stay

You have much to do

In this life

Your heart holds mine

Always

-written by Gaige Robinson