‘it’s been really, really hard, but you’ve been so brave quote / poem set' by butterflies rising. Started in April of 2019, with pieces included in her books ‘wild spirit, soft heart' and ‘she's flowers and fire'. The ‘it’s been really, really hard, but you’ve been so brave' quote came from a difficult time, and specifically, an incredibly difficult night in butterflies rising's life. Initially the quote came to her as a message she heard when she was looking for guidance and comfort, and she wrote it down and also expanded it into the full poem to express a message of hope for herself. She has shared the quote on social media since then, and over the years, people have connected to the quote and poem in their own lives for everything from depression and heartbreak, to illness and chronic illness, to recovery, to the spiritual journey, and butterflies rising hopes so much that it inspires and comforts others.
‘it’s been really, really hard, but you’ve been so brave' is a quote and excerpt from the poem ‘i hope you can hear this'.
it’s been really, really hard, but you’ve been so brave by butterflies rising in ‘wild spirit, soft heart'
it’s been really, really hard, but you’ve been so brave by butterflies rising in ‘shes flowers and fire'
‘i hope you can hear this' is a poem inspired by the quote ‘it’s been really, really hard, but you’ve been so brave'.
i hope
you can hear this…
when your soul is suffocating
from all the things you just. can't. say.
as they chew at your chest,
and you ache and crumble
until you become nothing
but mess and madness
gutted. on the floor.
and in the dark. and it's so. dark.
that even the moon hides and the stars
go quiet and anything that ever
sounded like a way out just. goes. quiet.
i hope you hear this… it's been so. damn. hard.
but you've been so brave.
– butterflies rising