For The Broken

by Shenaia Lucas

you are not your insecurities you are the strength of the mountains and the wisdom of the rivers you are everything -yourself

sleep tight let your body fix itself and your mind repair the holes worry left there today sleep tight and fight again

love broke your heart love will heal your wounds

rise, warrior you have come back from the dead scarred but stronger than before -grief is the process of being reborn

do not despair that you are not yet healed and do not give up on the process healing will bloom like the crops of spring and you will feast on love again -the flower always blooms

you have given enough time to pain the time for healing has begun -healing begins now

the last step of healing is to forgive not those who hurt you for they are nothing the last step of healing is to forgive yourself. -the healing completes &

when i don't wake up next to you i wish i hadn’t woken up at all -you are my everything

earth is a funny place for at its core it burns with the scorching power of a thousand fires and yet on its surface there is life and water. i will protect you from the fires that burn within and i will nourish you with a gentle touch keeping your heart safe for i cannot control what i am made of but i can control how i love you. -the best parts of me are yours

my father shook the house with his yelling you whisper sweet nothings barely above silence -you wont reopen my wounds

they were born next to the finish line of this race and yet refuse to acknowledge the advantage they obtained with their first breath -white privilege

when viagra must be covered but birth control is a burden you know who’s making the rules -we need more women in power