Catharsis

Finally, the chaos ended- the noise, the aching.

Love should not feel like survival.

Peace began to grow, in its place, gently, almost unnoticed.

But something lingers in the midst.

She chose herself- walked away from the storm, back to a familiar quiet that brings her peace.

Still, there is a struggle inside: a gentle conflict that tries to creep back in - old patterns, old ghosts disguised as comfort.

She lets the wind tangle her thoughts, loses herself in shifting light, in silence, in sky, in the rhythm of the world without noise.

There, she remembers who she was before survival and who she can be again.

Written by: Kelly Pendery

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