I was not angry and bitter:

I was sad and hurt!

And all those things

that I did not want to be,

piled up inside me until it started

leaking from my pores and

bursting out from between my seams.

As I am slowly feeling

every feeling of the child

that I buried deep inside me,

I am giving me space to cry and heal,

I am unlearning all the harsh lies

that life has taught me

and I am learning what it is like

for the very first time

to really - just - breathe.