As the layers of survival fall off,
I choose not to wear my mask today.
What is left is me.
Unedited.
Unfiltered.
Uncensored.
The tension that was holding me together slides off…
and yet I am still standing…
here…
strong and unwavering in my softness.
Moving from the inside out.
Heart beating.
Homestrong.
Softly touched by a new found state of being.
