Stay strong and let it live
Name it, give it life
Wait until it's free
Then let it fly, fly away
Let its beauty comfort you
Let it fade just as the pain
And as it flies, free yourself
Free from the burden, free to recover
Because you are worth it
You can do it
One day you will be happy
As free as the butterflies you raised
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This refers to the Butterfly Project:
When feeling the urge to self harm you instead draw a butterfly onto your skin. You then name it and have to let it fade naturally, if you scrub it off or self harm while it's still visible it "dies".
This won't help everyone, but for some it does. Also, butterflies have become a symbolism for self harm (recovery) and they're a common tattoo for people who once struggled with this.
YOU ARE READING
It does get better.
PoetryPeople say it will get better. But to be fair, most of them never were in your place. They say you will get happy again, but how can they know? I've struggled with trauma, mental illnesses and self harm for many years. These are (mostly) poems - abo...
