Dear You

Dear you,

Life hit you like a thunder when you least expected it.
You were fighting your own battles, and that’s when you had to fight battles you didn’t even know existed.

You fought — sometimes you hid, sometimes you showed valor.
But it broke you in every form possible — made you angry, sad, isolated, depressed, anxious, fatigued, and finally tried to take yourself.

But somehow, each time, you came back.
That’s your one saving grace — you went down a lot, even further than ground, but each time you got up, even if it was slow.

You lost a lot,
but you gained a sense of clarity, groundedness, and depth you couldn’t have gained any other way.

Like we say — something that’s cast in fire won’t fade in sunlight.

Now it’s your time to shine.
So shine on, you crazy diamond.