I am a landmark

I am a landmark.

Made in love, I was planted on this earth with ideas and dreams and hope and promise. I want to stretch my branches out in the sun and reach toward a future that is bigger than me. I want to create something transient yet unceasing. Constantly shifting with the wind yet immovable. I want to plant roots in the ground. Roots that deepen with time. Roots that persist even when I am pruned and picked and re-potted.

I want to carve my notch into the wood and leave space for others to do the same. I want to tell my story in a way that those who connect with it feel their stories are being told too. I want my voice to make others feel heard. I want to look at my own experiences through the lens of their narratives. They shape me. They teach me where I came from and who I am. I shape every place I stand with that knowledge.

I am a landmark.

I will move on.

But I want to leave something that will stay.