The Goldfinch Doesn’t Apologize
A poem about owning your brilliance without shame
The Goldfinch
A flash of yellow
flits through the trees
owning its brilliance
without shame or arrogance--
simply being as created to be.
Journaling Prompts
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I am…
What I am learning to own is…
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