New Year…..New Me…..New Decade….New Everything

I watched the sun rise

faint pink blush

golden pulses fill the sky

hues of purple

sense of serenity

sense of peace

finally here

in my happy place.

I struggled.

I abused myself.

I tried to hide.

I am not that little girl.

I am not that frightened teenager.

I am not that beaten/destroyed woman.

No longer afraid…..

of what life has to offer.

To dream.

To love.

To chase what I want.

To be me…..

Writer.

Mother.

Daughter.

Sister.

There is more to me

than these four facets…..

there is adoration

there is pride

there is determination…..

I leave behind me

a decade/life time

of pain

of anger/rage

of despair

of thoughts no longer there.

I begin this New Year

this New Decade

strong

beautiful

and solely

100 %

Me.

©Dec. 31/19

Picture is my own