WHOLE
You don’t have to return
to the hands that broke your bones
or to the words that manipulated your mind
to fear for your next breath
or to the people who dripped poison
to rot your heart.
You don’t have to make nice
or pay your respects
or explain yourself
or justify your existence
or reconcile
to be whole.
If you love your body,
mind, and heart
the way they didn’t
then your soul is whole
in and of itself.

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