Therapy Bits

Di is the host for 3TC, thanks, Di!

Three Things Challenge #MM276 | pensitivity101

Your three words today are:
STUNNED
SHUNNED
SUCCUMB

Here is my response…

I woke stunned beneath a sky of old bruises,
breath catching on the memory of thunder.
Once, I was shunned by my own reflection,
eyes turned away, afraid of what they knew.

Fear learned my name and spoke it softly,
a lullaby that kept me small and still.
Loneliness sat beside me like a winter coat,
heavy, familiar, hard to put down.

I thought I would succumb to the quiet ache,
to the echo that followed every step.
But healing is a slow rebellion—
a hand unclenched, a window cracked for light.

Now I walk with scars that hum instead of scream,
each breath a choice, each day a vow:
I am more than what broke me open.
I am becoming, and that is enough.