Beyond the Shadow of Yesterday #solittaholmz

I see you.

The tears in your eyes,

The yearning in your voice,

The fear in the way you look at me,

I see you.

I hear you,

In the night when you sob,

Claws against yourself to tear it away,

Curling in bed like you wish to vanish,

I hear you.

You torture yourself to madness,

Shouting against the voices in your head.

Your summers are too hot,

your winters too cold,

And you wonder when it will all end.

I see you.

Living today as if tomorrow shouldn't exist,

Stuck in yesterday as if today never happened,

Scratching at your mind to erase the slate,

But the cries of the day are too vivid to ignore. I hear you.

I say you are strong!

You survived what was meant to devour you.

You are resilient! Where others broke,

you are still standing. You are loved,

Not just by me, but by forces beyond.

Rise up, reclaim all that you’ve lost and more.

I’ll wait for you.

I see the weary shoulders carrying the weight of unsaid prayers,

The hands that tremble as they try to piece back the broken porcelain of your trust.

You walk through the fire pretending you cannot feel the blaze,

Swallowing the smoke so no one else has to choke on your pain.

I see the quiet battles you fight when the world goes to sleep,

When the silence in the room turns louder than any storm outside.

Yet, even in the shadows of that wreckage,

I see the ember that refuses to go out.

I hear the stubborn pulse of a heart that refuses to give up its fight.

You have walked through valleys meant to swallow you whole,

And though you come out scarred, you come out breathing.

I say you are strong! You survived what was meant to devour you.

You are resilient! Where others broke, you are still standing.

You are loved,

Not just by me, but by Mighty forces beyond.

The ground under your feet is ready to hold you up again.

Rise up, take back all that you’ve lost and more.

I’ll wait for you