come closer, my love. come closer.
that distance you feel, between the life you want to be living and the life you once lived, over and over and over.
come closer.
it is here for you now, this life. it is here for the taking.
here living within your broken and whole and scarred and precious body.
start listening to the sound of your own pulse,
the way it dances through your veins and cries for attention.
pay attention. get curious. slow down.
slow down. all the way down. and listen.
listen.
i am here. i am with you. i’ve got you now. i won’t let go.
are you listening? can you hear?
come closer.
let me tell you the secrets you have buried, the ones locked beneath the memory of your bones. let me show you the truth of a girl like you.
the truth of a woman like you. the truth of a human life you.
listen to the sound that dug through bone and was buried deep in marrow. sounds of grief and of loss and of longing, oh the longing.
listen to the whispers your blood carries. whispers of belonging. whispers of never quite belonging. do you hear them?
listen to your No pounding out of your heart.