And as the sun smiles to bless this new day, I inhale life, and journey on.
SHELBY ENSIGNAnd as the sun smiles to bless this new day, I inhale life, and journey on.
SHELBY ENSIGNThough thunder clouds hover tight like a cage, the sun never stops rising on the ones who chase healing.
SHELBY ENSIGNI am enough for me.
SHELBY ENSIGNI am more stretch marks than the skin, more growth than shame.
SHELBY ENSIGNI will breathe because I must, but I will smile because I’m living.
SHELBY ENSIGNEmbrace your own reality.
SHELBY ENSIGNWill I ever rise above the shackles of my mundane reality? I know I could fly as high as dreams.
SHELBY ENSIGNMaybe self-care is choosing to be your own kind of lovely.
SHELBY ENSIGNI am learning to hold to hopeful light.
SHELBY ENSIGNIn an open sky, I stand alone and for once, that does not scare me.
SHELBY ENSIGNAnd as the rain fell and the birds kept singing, I realized that freedom is a choice.
SHELBY ENSIGNI’ve stopped trying to make sense of the sunset. There is beauty in resting, there is strength in letting go.
SHELBY ENSIGNMore often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
SHELBY ENSIGNThough I crave roots grown deep, the truth is I’m something of a wanderer.
SHELBY ENSIGNI am giving the present the opportunity to hold just as much joy as the past.
SHELBY ENSIGNI have to believe that ahead of me are entire adventures waiting to be lived, for the sun hasn’t abandoned me yet.
SHELBY ENSIGN