A Day Dedicated to My Weakness
Take a pause on appearing to be strong
I long for a day dedicated to my weakness.
A day that I don’t need to hurry and wipe my tears, that I can just let them go from my nearly filled ducts.
When I don’t need to hold my scream and unclench my tense teeth.
When I don’t have to stifle my cry and release the pressure burning in my throat.
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I hope for a day when I can be with my failures, my disappointments, and even my wrong decisions.
I know I did wrong. I made mistakes.
I know, I went off track.
But it doesn’t mean I’ll put them all aside.
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My shames are as important as my victories.
We celebrate our accomplishments, what about our disappointments?
Can’t we sit with them? Don’t they deserve it?
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I long for a day that I can bid my failures goodbye.
That I can slowly treat my wounds with care.
That I can gracefully embrace my imperfections.
That I can give love even to the worst version of me.
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Just one day, let me be fully present with my miseries.
Because they’re part of me.
And they also deserve me, as I to them.
After this, I’ll come back, stronger.
Firmed by my wins, and my woes.
Because sometimes, it’s just hard to be weak when you’ve always appeared “strong” in front of them.
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Really lovely ♦️♦️✍️🏆
Beautiful day! We can learn a lot from those times. Creativity and healing come right after these days. Stay strong! And congratulations on a TS, Ann!
Nice one 😊
Such a beautiful reflection on vulnerability and embracing both strengths and weaknesses. Truly powerful!
Strength isn’t just in victories—it’s in facing failures with grace. Even our weakest moments deserve space to be felt.
Truer words never spoken. They all are a part of us. We should embrace every aspect of ourselves, well deserved TS, kudos.
Sometimes, it's ok to just TAKE that day anyway. You deserve to be you, failures and all! Congrats on the top story!
Congrats on top story…
I wouldn't mind some more days where I'm allowed to feel these things either <3
Acknowledging what you have to do is one thing, dealing with it is the difficult part. Well done!!!
first line is quite good... intriguing take on anxidty anf the nature of personalised pain
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Acknowledging and being aware is a good step How to deal with it is the tricky part
Such a heartfelt reflection on embracing our flaws and failures.
I love this! This is so important!
Awesome. I like the message "My shames are as important as my victories"
Such a heartfelt piece! You really nailed the whole "embracing your flaws" vibe. It's like giving a hug to your struggles and saying, "You're part of me." Love it!
A lovely poem! We can learn so much from our failures and disappointments if we give them time to teach us
I love this! It can be so tiring trying to be strong all the time, that it's such a relief to let the strength go for a little bit.
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Beautifully written! Congratulations on Top story 🎊
This is soooo true and relatable! Sometimes I just want to sit with my feelings and thoughts in my head to process everything and move on. Loved your poem!