A.M Thoughts

Acceptance

Acceptance

Today I touched my belly, felt the uneven roundness.
I felt stretch marks.
I turned to my left arm and caressed my newly closed wounds.

I stood frozen in the shower.
I scrubbed my chest with a loofah
hoping to remove the ash from a fire that
used to burn.

Defeated.
I stepped out my body as my flesh faced the mirror and my spirit whispered lowly, I forgive you body.

How could I have been so harmful to my home?
How dare I litter my mind with thoughts of suicide?

Home.
It was time to fix home