When the things going on around you
cause you to question
your path
I will remind you
to walk where love walks
to live where love lives
to speak as love speaks
to accept no substitutes
and to know
you are worth keeping. 

I will not reject you or your truth.
I will not judge you or your beliefs.
I will not refuse to grow with you
when we grow in different directions.

I will
honor your voice.
I will
encourage your courage.
I will
pick up your strength
and lay it across you piece by piece
like a patchwork quilt,
when it slides off your shoulders
and crashes silently to the ground behind your footstep.

When the things going on around you
cause you to question
your heart
I will remind you
my heart
looks like
your heart
and I will not
let it
beat
alone.