It has been hours and days of deep healing. I have felt things that I didn’t think I was going to survive. I have cried for the parts of me that shiver

alone

in the dark

My heart has ached for that which no longer is while pain wreaks havoc on my bones

Pounding

Tearing

Crushing

Stabbing

My internal being has been shredded into a million pieces and I am in ruins

Collapsed beneath the weight that has been threatening to crush me for years

In my weakness I see pieces of me scattered all around

Nothing left to hold me together

I am building a new version of myself

New and improved

Clothed in dignity

Standing on solid ground

The chains have been loosened. He’s done it again!

Praise to God for getting me through another night.