Find Strength in Your Story
A client contribution
by Lisa Jones
Find strength in your story
For it is only yours to tell
Your words, your wisdom
Of a time spent unwell
Forgo the fear of judgement
Don’t brush over the woes
It’s important that they hear this
The world needs to know
That recovery feels like
Everything, all at once
Triumphs, tribulations
A cruel sucker punch
But let them know it does get better
As impossible as it may seem
Once life a nightmare
Can again become a dream
Put the pain onto paper
Type out your tears
And soon you may find
That those lingering fears
Of judgement, of stigma
Of being lesser than
Could not compare to the feeling
Of realising you can
Be loud and proud
Take up space and express
What you wish you’d told yourself
When you thought you were less.
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