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To Bloom and Spill<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I once saw the skies brilliant and I saw valleys and seas bright with sublimity. All the world was filled to the brim with authenticity when my bones and limbs were boxy and thin. Do you remember?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We would run up and through<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every last tree<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every last pond<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We would sleep outside and within<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every last dream<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every last fantasy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I see all these images together and I smell the cherry blossoms; they remind me of playdates with windows open. I hear birds and breeze reminding me how it felt when I first tried to sing. Did you know that I see the same vibrancy that first made me believe I could create something worthy of being beautiful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, I have.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, so I have. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some books riddled with evidence of angst and imagination but rooted in theories of summer dreams and fantasies. Yes, there are a few dances filled with movements that I dreamed to complete and others so perfect you’d think that maybe I’m beautiful\u2026maybe just as beautiful as you, my dear reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So now I’ve made a few friends and I\u2019ve met others who make me wonder if I\u2019ll ever make amends. I\u2019ve written an entire world of unfinished poems, some coupled with unsung laments. Yes, I’ve made some memories I’ll never forget. By summer I\u2019d climb mountains in body and the following spring I\u2019d dive deep into soul sucking fountains. So now I\u2019ve left some hills for others to carry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless I create and I persevere:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Into untapped potential and unknown adventures.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Into beautiful brand new stories and <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Into a life still as young and as old as me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it’s beautiful, mostly, that I will always remember small things and I will always love you still; that I will see more summers to come and I will continue to learn what it is to live; that I will always see vibrancy and I will always be whole because I bloom and spill into spaces and pages that fulfill this adventurous soul within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This \u201ccollection of letters\u201d is a four part series of prose poetry that addresses both my reflections on the past and my hopes for the future. In this laat letter, I am taking all that I have and channelling it into a new beginning. “To Bloom and Spill” is a letter of gratitude and of hope. … Continue readingThe Farewell Letters: Part 4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,80],"tags":[89,83,82,84,90,81,12],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","category-the-farewell-letters","tag-bloom","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-prose","tag-spill","tag-the-farewell-letters","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}