
image credit: open heart by kathy morton stanion / https://etsy.me/2E0wFNM
deep inside i do not connect
with perfect pictures
and sugary sweet stories
that seem to lack meaning
and heart and soul
i think it is beautiful
to know that someone else
has suffered, survived
and grown
give me a real person
who has gotten back up
when life went off track
over cookie cutter beautiful
any day
for me at least
beauty is found
in the quiet moments
when brave choices are made
to try again
and again and again
that decision to go on
that decision to fight
that decision to live
is what i admire
do not be ashamed
to share your story
just as mine has inspired you
so may yours inspire someone else
there is beauty in the brokenness
and in the ordinary
be a light
set it free
when your heart is open
you will fly