"Bruises of Yesterday"

 

 

 

It's that slow and gradual realization...

That we don't lose ourselves in one moment...

It happens slowly...

Every time we ignore what we feel

And when we choose distraction instead of vision forward

Until silence becomes unfamiliar...

Causing noise to start to feel like something we should embrace...

The hardest part about self-love is not change

It's loving yourself in the dark...

When your alone...

When it hurts...

And when no one knows just how heavy it feels...

It's that quiet understanding...

To have the faith in belief that you will rise after falling

While also noticing the strength, softness, and wisdom pain is quietly building within you

You are not simply falling apart...

You are digging deeper...

And this action matters...

It is the difference between filling your life with, “I can't believe I did that,” stories

Not with, “I should have done that,” regrets

The real power is to stay within your peace while surrounded by ungrounded people

Because what if the person you thought was protecting you was actually the one causing the damage?

They didn't protect you from the pain, they created it...

The hurt wasn't an accident, it was a choice...

And denying it was how they made you question your own reality...

Learn to recognize the difference...

Some bonds steady us...

While others pull us off center...

Which now causes you to learn this lesson in the hardest way possible

That the abuse of holding onto the pain other's have caused

Only runs deeper than the methods of abuse used against you

This now becomes your reminder repeated...

Remember to be good to yourself...

Love yourself first...

And let go of the bruises of yesterday.

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