Just As You Are

Love does not ask for polishing,
For edges softened or colours dimmed,
It does not measure worth,
By shape, belief or name!

Love says: come as you are —
With your storms,
Your quiet mornings,
Your laughter that spills too loud!

Some shine like sunrise,
Some glow like candlelight,
Some flicker while finding their flame —
All are needed to make the dark gentle!

We are stitched from different stories,
Written in countless tongues,
Yet the same hope beats beneath our ribs,
To be seen and not turned away!

So, let us widen our hearts,
Make room without conditions,
And learn this simple truth —

The world becomes kinder,
When we let people be,
Exactly who they are!