Joy Demands Pain

11/9/24

Life and death are intertwined

Life demands death, joy demands pain

All things end, and endings are beginnings

The universe demands balance

Trauma and growth are intertwined

One must be broken to become that which they must be

That which ends becomes the beginning of something new

The mind demands balance

All things require time

Time is needed for all wounds to heal

Wounds leave scars, but those scars heal stronger

One just needs time to heal

I pity those who do not know these things

I envy those who do not know these things

I despise those who do not know these things

I love those who do not know these things

Liminality

9/21/24

We are all in states of flux throughout our lives

Who we were yesterday is never who we are the next

I have lived a life where I have seen naught but the void in the mirror

No more

I shall live as myself, I shall live to be all that I am

I will fail at times, but I will also succeed

I will feel as though I have fallen to never recover, I will rest, and I will rise again

I am dead, and I am alive

For life cannot exist without change, and change is death

Tonight, I have died, and I have been reborn

I exist, in liminality