1:09 a.m
I hear the sound of my cat eating,
my friend yawing out a breath,
the news playing in the living room.
Tonight I reread the things I wrote
felt those emotions
read the mindset I was in.
I look back and see dark memories
I look forward and see a black tunnel that's endless.
I'm 18 now.
I never thought i'd make it to this age
but here I am.
lost a friend
a grandmother
moved
fallen in love
fallen ill to heartbreak
and I survived it all.
I'm here to say I survived.
survived.
survived every bad thing that happened to me
survived sexual assault
survived heartbreak
survived the loss of loves ones
I'm here. I'm alive. I'm living.
You, my pretty little caterpillar
can and will survive as well.
You will make it.
You will be okay
You will SURVIVE
You will become the butterfly you know you are deep inside.
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Thank you to everyone who's ever read these poems. Thank you to the support you've offered me throughout the years. I don't know if this will be the end of this book but for now, I just wanted you to know i'm happier than how I use to be. I love you<3.
