I hope your pain eases
I hope one day you can sleep at night
instead of listening to the thoughts rattling
around in your brain
teaching you to hate yourself
I hope your pain eases
I hope one day you can share
the deepest parts of yourself
without feeling the bile rise in your chest
and clogging your throat shut
so you can’t get the words out
I hope your pain eases
I hope one day you are able to peel fear
off your skin, discard it on the floor like lingerie
as you strut off to something better
I hope your pain eases
I hope that one day
you scrape yourself off the floor
and begin to feel happy again,
and maybe –
begin to feel alive again
Art by Laly Mille