today, I am dying inside.
yet today, I am strong like my grandmothers and their mothers.
today, I am desperately afraid.
yet today, I am calm like a ripple-less pond.
today, I am drowning in my sadness.
yet today, I will make my stand.
today, I don't believe anything will ever change.
yet today, I will try again anyways.
today, I feel helpless and spinning out of control.
yet today, I will close my eyes and take a breath.
today, I will let the full moon fill me,
the eclipse change me,
the earth hold me down,
and the sun lift me up.
today, I will be my name.
today, I will wait.
because tomorrow, I think I just might
be ok.
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