The Note In The Coat

By Sneha Iype

Be strong, stay vulnerable

Malleable but not breakable

Go on this roller coaster ride with a mild trepidation

But more with the head-long desire to scream and laugh and have some fun.

Panting and sweating but with a desire to do more of it, after the ride is done.

Laugh like children.

Joke like friends.

Be brutally honest and cloak nothing for anyone.

Dive headlong into the deep end and swim

knowing well, that someone is by your side to hold you if you can't.

Race that car off limits once in a while

and know that you are invincible and sometimes crazy.

Nothing prepares you for what lies ahead.

Rely on your instinct.

Allow the voice in your head to stay above the din.

Let it not get lost in the cacophony.

Remember nothing just happens.

You are here now because it was meant to be.

What you give and what you get from it have a relation to what it will be.

Stay afloat and enjoy the ride.

Always knowing that you are special and nothing can ever change that.

You are that little child - curious, full of wonder, giggly and happy, shy yet bold.

Angry about the right things and accommodating what you can

but knowing that your spirit must always stay intact.

May the force be with you as you find your way into the woods.

Be strong, stay vulnerable.

By Sneha Iype