From the Depths to the Sky

“Ugly, fat, unwanted”

Like a music box on loop

These words plague my mind

They ricochet through my chest

Bouncing off the bruised walls

“Ugly, Fat, Unwanted”

A fragile heart barely alive

Bears deep scars

The jagged knife slashing deeper

The darkest lights sweep through my soul

No part of me is unscathed

The voice in my head reminds that I’m

“UGLY, FAT, UNWANTED”

Each night I cry

My room floods with wishes to have the ache within my bones cease

But

“I am enough”

With each defeating blow

My skin becomes an armor

More equipped

I let in my Trojan Horse

My savior from the hurtful words

Now

With the strength of Goliath

I find my truth

“I Am Enough”

In my truth is the answer that wholly reveals itself unto me

I’m the one I should love

Not mere mortal

Not those with the power to destroy my soul

But my flawed self, created by God who makes no mistakes

And now I see the entirety of the universe unveil itself in my veins

I have become a worthy tree stump

Reborn with its roots reaching further into the soil

Its branches reaching where Icarus once flew

“I AM ENOUGH”

 

 

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