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✨GLOW in your DARKNESS✨

Keep Glowing. Keep Going. Keep Growing.

By Annie Edwards Published 7 months ago 1 min read
✨GLOW in your  DARKNESS✨
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✨When she learned to glow in her own darkness,

she became the glimmer of hope she had been searching for.✨

And then she smiled—

but not because she “needed to smile more.”

Her glow wasn’t the result of others.

In fact, the seeking of that made her feel smothered.

She had spent so long chasing approval,

watering herself down to be easier to hold.

But the truth is—

her light was never meant to be controlled.

Then she realized something…

True happiness has to come from within.

(Not all overused wisdom deserves to be tossed in the bin.)

To finally understand that

was to breathe for the first time in years.

It softened the weight of her fears

and let her stand up straighter

without needing to be seen.

She smiled again—

and this time, it wasn’t forced.

It wasn’t to please.

It wasn’t for show.

It was hers.

And it showed.

Even if something becomes a cliché,

that doesn’t strip the meaning it conveys.

Sometimes, you just have to look a little deeper

to hear what the message is truly trying to say.

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Annie Edwards

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  • Jasmine Aguilar7 months ago

    May we all find the strength and courage to glow in our own darkness. Wonderful and inspiring poem!

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