I Never Knew That I Could Be There For You

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There is an eye that opens that does not need our eyes to see.
I never thought that forgiving meant there was forgiveness that I could give to me.
The childhood tears that triggered adult fears have finally found the spaces within that bleed…

The hurt and pain paves the way for how I came to be.
Me.
Seeking solitude while in solidarity.
I found myself when I sat with me.
Turned insanity to sanity.
By allowing myself to see me.

Without…

Judgment
Comparison
Or
Critique

Soothing myself silently.
Validating me internally.
Trusting and believing.

In the power of not being mean in the mirror when I see me.
Allowing love to be what I use to remind myself that I can be forgiving to me.

Looking myself in the eyes,
I cry
‘I never knew that I could be there for you.’

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