I give you permission to stay

                           or to leave 

I give you permission to laugh

                               to cry

                               to feel

                               to live

I give you permission

to not know

where you are

or where you are going

and wander

I give you permission to wonder

                               to think

                               to be 

to be everything and anything

you’ve ever thought you couldn’t be

because you were waiting for us

to give you permission

And I give you permission

to never ask for permission again

To breathe

To love

To be alone

To ask for help

To hurt

To heal

For now and forever

I give you permission