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Saltwater has filled my lungs before. I have felt this storm run over my skin, felt the cracks of thunder and lightning as the water dragged me down. I fell in love with the bruises and the burns, the pruned fingers and the gasping for air, but you, you are the dry land I have ached for all these years, warm and soft I have felt oxygen with you for the first time I have laid down on your sands and felt the sun on my skin for the first time. I am no longer a corpse, a bruised and bloodied mass of guilt. I will stand on these two shaky legs, and feel the oxygen in my lungs, and remind myself that I am enough. You have shown me that I am enough, Feeling the sand between my toes reminds me that, despite everything, I am alive. And that is enough. I got addicted to the feeling of drowning every day, and sometimes the storm ***** me in like an old habit but I know that one day I will leave this ocean behind and you will be there on the other side to guide me home. And that will be enough.
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May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020 at 12:44 PM UTC
peace is in the seafoam
Saltwater has filled my lungs before. I have felt this storm run over my skin, felt the cracks of thunder and lightning as the water dragged me down. I fell in love with the bruises and the burns, the pruned fingers and the gasping for air, but you, you are the dry land I have ached for all these years, warm and soft I have felt oxygen with you for the first time I have laid down on your sands and felt the sun on my skin for the first time. I am no longer a corpse, a bruised and bloodied mass of guilt. I will stand on these two shaky legs, and feel the oxygen in my lungs, and remind myself that I am enough. You have shown me that I am enough, Feeling the sand between my toes reminds me that, despite everything, I am alive. And that is enough. I got addicted to the feeling of drowning every day, and sometimes the storm ***** me in like an old habit but I know that one day I will leave this ocean behind and you will be there on the other side to guide me home. And that will be enough.
#depression#abuse#pain#anxiety#hope#recovery#beginnings#ocean#love#hurt
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F/Boston, MA
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020 at 12:44 PM UTC
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