I was always waiting for you

She so beautifully leaned in 

And whispered

Are you ready?

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I foolishly asked 

What took you so long?

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She responded:

I have been waiting for you

I watched as you wept

Drowning yourself 

In your tears

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Yet with those same tears

I watched you water yourself 

Fiercely embracing the rays of the sun

Exonerating yourself of all the pain 

Weighing so heavily on your leaves

You grew into a raging flower

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Don’t you see?

I never left

I was always waiting for you.

Featured Poet:

Linda Flor Brito is a storyteller and a migrant justice organizer with roots in the city of Chicago but currently based out in D.C. She is dedicated to the fight for liberation through abolition and is in active resistance against the Prison Industrial Complex and imperialist systems.

Stay in touch and follow more of Linda’s writing at @linda.laflor