My 20 Year Olds
Based on the wisdom of Iyanla Vanzant
My 20 years olds,
The youth in your eyes lets you see
Into places where older people may not
Your purpose is to be a visionary
No matter the challenges brought into your home,
You have a pure, natural innocence in your soul
Explore it
An independent investigation
of what matters to you
Your blessing is innocence
And your challenge
Your challenge is your naïveté
You move from one age to the next
Without know how to pause...
Stand in your innocence and be a visionary
This is how you pause
This poem was inspired from a speech by Iyanla Vanzant. In her words, she describes the tasks we expirence in each decade of our lives. I was 19 when I wrote this, taking what resonated with me and rewording it to become a mantra for myself as I prepared to embark into my 20s.
