You Are Not Alone In This

from The Valley Is Not Your Home by Janelle Maree

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I know you just want be alone
but that won’t stop me from being here for you.
I can’t sit back and watch you isolate yourself.
I hate the thought of you being lonely in your pain.
I will plant myself outside the walls that you have built
to keep yourself from getting too close, from being let down.
I will rise up like an oak tree.
I hope to bring you shade when you are burning.
I will grow taller than your fortress.
My branches reach out for you over your highest walls.
You have lived for years inside a jail cell
that you have built around yourself
but it never feels like home.
I will help you find the way out.
It gets closer every minute.
You are the lone captain putting on a brave face
when you’re afraid you’ve been abandoned.
You will go down with your ship,
but I am your anchor,
strong and secure.
I’ve been here all along.
I will meet you at the bottom of the sea.
You don’t have to be alone.
I am here for you.
I am a place to be yourself at.
You can feel at home with me.
I will remind you to forgive yourself.
I will teach you how to grieve.
I am in the trenches.
I am a storm chaser.
I am a compass.
I am the phone picking up your call at 3 in the morning.
I will shower you with grace until the shame has rinsed away.
I will stay.
I’m not sure I can save you from yourself by being here for you,
but it won’t be for lack of trying.

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from The Valley Is Not Your Home, released February 24, 2019

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Janelle Maree California, Maryland

27 year old poet, special education para-educator, Netflix enthusiast, devoted daughter, sister and friend. You can always find me either singing Disney songs, laughing loudly or talking about hope.