New Year Affirmations:

As the smoke settles

on the battlefield of existence.

My blood does not bleed in agony.

My shattered bones throb to the anthem of healing.

And every part of me

glowing and

groaning

knows I am okay.

I refuse to

be

the clouds

hanging over my head.

To look at the dirt underneath my fingernails

and forget every seed sown.

I will not believe what they say about me.

Especially when “they” is me.

Tribulations will not tie my tongue.

Today I will love myself.

Tomorrow I will

still

love

myself.

Rejection will not diminish me.

Criticism will not conquer me.

Today

I accept the power I have inside.

I dive headfirst into my happiness.

And

I dance in the sunlight of who I am.

Nevermore to question myself.

Nevermore to fear myself.

Always to be myself.