Fear has no place with me
I shape my mind and smile
I’m beautiful
I’m strong
I’m kind
I’m resilient
I’m enough.

Learnings, weave through my memories
I let the memories come and go as they please
They don’t threaten me
I forgive them their attempt to control me
I rise to weaker, fainter, faded stories of me each new day
I am a Phoenix ready to fly with the wind
And against it

I’m beautiful
I’m strong
I’m kind
I’m resilent
No one owes me anything, never an apology
I own my mistakes as I own my wins
Tears wash over my burns,
Numbing my despair until it rolls away with them
The burns leave beautiful designs, unseen lesions