Enduring

 enduring.

do not underestimate someone who

has lost everything and is still

here to tell the story. do not

underestimate someone who has

fought dearly for sobriety. peace.

forgiveness. self-love. freedom.

authenticity. truth. do not

underestimate the lonely. they

have braved wars that only those

who understand the absence of

human connection, can do.

even now, they are holding it all

together while coming so wildly

undone. and sometimes we may see

them unravel ever so softly. or 

loudly. or however their soul

unties its cage the best. do not

underestimate the ones who have

suffered the kind of grief that

does not seem to end. who have been

broken in places you did not even

know existed. the ones who fell

into silence because their lungs

had no words left to speak. we will

not always be strong. no. but we

are enduring.

~ullie-kaye