Bless teen girls

Bless teen girls for their sulky sullen slouchy ouchy moods as strong as fire as fierce as rabid dogs their spirits deep as Redwood roots

Bless teen girls for their oversized silky boxer shorts and mismatched socks and tiny tank tops and all-day bedheads 

Bless teen girls for their giggles gossip bright squirrel eyes perfect pimple skin and for the beauty they don’t even know is theirs 

Bless teen girls for their wild imagination and tender hearts they cast out into lonely woods hoping for an echo

Bless teen girls for their belly laughs and crazy tears and for the courage to bear down in this life and birth themselves free