Loss

Loss

Even though she was terrified she took a step forward.

Pushing through trials and tribulations she kept her stride strong.

Making her own path she demolished her walls.

Keeping her soul fed with love and laughter she would never give up.

Forging the perfect signature in her eyes would ensure her perseverance.

That perseverance would never let her look back.

Stepping forth into independence would be a struggle but her heart, mind, and body told her she could.

Falling in love would keep her mind, body, and soul intact and functioning to the best of its ability.

She is keeping up with time and filling in the missing pieces as she goes.

The screams of her anxiousness has been subdued by the tiniest and most faint heartbeat other than her own.

She’s greater for what has happened in her life.

She’ll be phenomenal for what is to come.

She awaits their warm embrace.

She’s ready.

She’s happy.

She’s steady.

They never showed.

No tears.

Just Hardwiring and programming of the brain that now felt like breathing.

An indescribable feeling she never felt.

She kept on doing what she has always done but, somehow, now felt foreign.

Yet,

She still trudges on