letting go of heavy things…

i’ve been letting go
of heavy things

– butterflies rising

i’ve been letting go
of heavy things

and i’ve been healing
a spirit, and tending to a soul, and
listening to a heart. and i’ve started to
exhale. and to breathe in… and to
breathe. in. a life

…and i’ve been letting go of
so, so many heavy things

– butterflies rising

little by little
i’m learning to love myself.

and it might be slow,

but i’m certain in letting go of
all the things that tell me i shouldn’t.

– butterflies rising

i love slow & sweet… and hard & reckless
…and in racing heartbeats

– butterflies rising

breathe easy now…
you don’t have to carry other
people’s heavy anymore

– butterflies rising

i spent so long aching for him to be good to me,
to just let someone be good to me…
it’s a whole new muscle memory
my heart still has to learn.

– butterflies rising

when you can feel
the remarkable, uncommon
texture of your soul,
you can’t imagine letting anyone close
who isn’t perfectly meant to
intertwine with it

– butterflies rising