Healing was not found in mending my brokenness, but in finding peace among the pieces.
ALMA-MAY NOAToo many times I’ve reached into shallow wells searching for acceptance, and too many times my bucket has come empty.
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I am slowly cutting you out of me, piece by aching piece.
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Seems it’s just too easy to fall in love with absolutely all of you.
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Wanting you has been a thirst I have not been able to quench.
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I want to lay down spread out and be the one to fill all the spaces empty – and occupied by her.
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And still, she longs for love, when all she knows of it, is how much it scars.
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And love stopped being love when it began to feel like a trap, instead of freedom.
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And I’m bruised but never broken.
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I constantly wonder if I’m enough, do you? Tell me I’m not alone in my insufficiency.
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My skin holds echoes of you; in every line, you used to trace and empty space you used to fill.
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And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
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I breathe out light pleasing, soft, and warm – I’m still learning to breathe out fire.
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I breathe in the first glimmers of freedom – it tastes of sweet hopefulness.
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And all I wish is that your happiness would reach beneath the surface of your skin, grow deep roots, and bloom.
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Shadows may haunt your steps, but you will keep walking.
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Too many times I’ve reached into shallow wells searching for acceptance, and too many times my bucket has come empty.
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