when you're bruised and cut and torn,
your body knows,
and it hurts.
it's letting you know that
you're in pain.

and even when you least expect yourself to get better,
when you feel as if the pain is eternally wound underneath your bones and it has sunk into your very being,
you heal.

your body heals, as best as it can.

like the body, your feelings are the same.
the anguish, the brokenness of it all--
your body knows, and you know of it as well.
don't reject your feelings, don't reject the pain.

the way your heart breaks may not be a broken leg, but it still hurts.
don't feign as if everything is alright,
because it isn't.

let yourself heal, because you will.
like an open cut or a ghostly sore,
you will get better, despite the amount of pain you feel inside your heart right now.

your feelings heal, as best as they can.