Let me have this moment,
Let me own this space I am standing,
Let me bask in the rays of the sun—
feeling my own heart, hearing my own breathing.
And in the most profound way, whispers…
“Masaya na ako kahit hindi pa buo.”
Because—
there was a time…
that pain was all I had,
that pain was where I lived,
that pain was the only truth I knew.
I am still in-transition.
But this joy—
Oh, this little joy
is finally my breakthrough…
It’s like a quiet morning
when you finally realize something’s changed…
And that when you look at your window,
you see flowers in bloom again—
making space for a new beginning
after countless nights of wilting.
This is hard-earned,
and I know it deserves its own voice.
I am happy—
and I deserve to be.
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*image: maxx miller / unsplash
