Stripped Bare

looking in the mirror

tearing away the fear

all the walls

all the things screening 

looking at the heart and soul

finding strength

seeing beauty

hard working

caring and freeing

trips away

finding the truth beneath

holding on

looking up

seeing forward

backwards clear

all that hope

pulling near

finding strength

wishing truth

finding solace

in my youth

looking back

no longer longing

grateful for strength

no longer wallowing 

who I am shinning through

no reason to hide the truth

beauty and confidence clear again

desiring to help my friends

hopeful heartbeats

dreading pain

but no longer drowning in the agony

Found my own strength

Care about me.

Finding more within the truth

than any reality
no longer needing
those around me
strength within
stronger than anything outside of me
so this is what I get 
for spending 3 weeks stripping myself bare
I found me underneath that mess
what life and expectations tried to define as me
I found instead the true strength from me
from the teacher
the friend
from the adult
the child
the caring and loving individual
that I have always been
Who I will always be
I just need to keep growing
So that I can find the best me

finding strength within yourself is like finding spring.
New Growth
New hope
and the end to a dreary time where you once relied on the winter of others.