Leaving tomorrow

I’m leaving tomorrow

Leaving my home with my piles of books

And the soft window light

Where someone who’s known me all my life

Makes coffee, ready at 6am

 

On Sunday morning

I’ll wake up all alone

Without a plan

Everyone I love on different time zones

Does anyone know

How scared I am?

 

Will they like me?

Will they help me?

Who is they?

 

The hardest part of leaving

Is not the change of place

But the change of people

 

I want to be loved

If not, at least liked

But how do I do that

When the rules have also changed

 

My girl, remember

I knit you together in your mother’s womb

Every hair on your head

And word from your pen

Is from me, your Father

 

On Sunday morning,

I’ll wake you up

Give you a plan

Worship me, trust me

Sing to me

I am who I am

 

Will you love me?

Will you trust me?

 

The best part of leaving

Is remembering

That I am who I say I am

 

You will know my people

By their love

So fear not, if you are liked

Because you are loved