07/24/2022
And darling,
I hope that one day you feel home in your skin,
feel a love for the sanctuary to your souls burning.
For the flesh, though scarred, that saves you daily from the toxins placed directly before you.
You see,
You have always punished the shelter that’s held you,
carried you through battles of which you will not speak
& torment to self that left you broken and beat.
But I hope that one day you open your eyes & recognize the lies you chose to hold onto mean nothing to you
or your worth to this world.
I hope you accept yourself as you are just as deeply as you accept your becoming.
I hope that you lose the grief that confines you and the shame that divides you, slowly, into pieces.
I hope that one morning you wake up with the sun to truly see your reflection. Darling, awake. to your being,
and know that you are home.