Some would have me ashamed
Of the me that’s untamed
But I’m comfortable with a lean towards
nature.
I keep doing the work.
Yes, you missed out on that.
I hope you’re at ease in your new you.
I don’t often cry but today I did.
Ugly. Public. Crying.
Triggered out of context of you.
All true things are the same in the end
and my heart hurt.
I want to keep doing the work.
Not sure how I forgot that for some time.
I forgive myself.
Wild women release
Cry, write, and love.
Open. Connect. Serve.
I love you.
About the Creator
Jessica McGlaughlin
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
A piece of paper taped to a wall of an elementary school said this, it really resonated with me.
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Comments (4)
Trauma can be a tough theme to compose around but I think you succeeded with it here. You let us in enough to be invested in speaker but progress the overall piece beyond the individual. I also like where you leveraged internal, off, and sight rhymes throughout. It avoids distracting from the overall content of the piece, which might've been the case with end rhymes.
A deeply courageous and resonant piece celebrating self-acceptance, resilience, and the liberating power of vulnerability
This was so poignantly beautiful. Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
That closing affirmation of wild women releasing and connecting is beautiful.