"You Exist"

 

You are not broken...

You are human...

And sometimes pain does become visible...

Because bruises and scars show the severity, depth and the after effects...

Sometimes all cleverly hidden deep within and concealed by a smile

But that does not mean that you are not still alive, existing behind the facade

You are never warned about the bad days ahead

Each one just seems to flow into another

Until, the world inside you stops...

While everything around you keeps surging forward

No one teaches you really what to do when there in an abundance of darkness...

When it leaves you shaking from being haunted by the ghosts of the past

The hurt within trauma forces you to close up your heart of feelings with armor

These are the things you learn, usually the hardest way possible...

By breathing through the wreckage...

Taking one moment and step at a time...

It teaches you where your boundary lines should be drawn

The priority of self-care will show you its importance

And when ignored, it will ultimately kick you with the consequences really hard

Like you are always told, the easy is never available without the hard

The seasons of life have a way of testing your limits of strength

It always leaves you balancing out all the moments in between

With you now understanding the lesson that these hard things build the foundation for better things to grow upon

Because like all things, days always seem to turn into months

Months blur together with years...

And you are left wondering where all the time went

Remind yourself that you did the best, and are doing the best, with what you have and are given

Don't let the wisdom of now condemn you over your past struggles

Forgive yourself...

By allowing your feet to move forward.

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