Letters I Will Never Send - Letter 16:To the scars that no longer ache

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Dear Scars,

There was a time you were all I could see.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWy5N7SOwS2
Red. Raw. Angry.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaPJJvUzzZ
A map of everything I had endured,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6cyLbW4H2
etched into my memory,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGrTr8SlUe
echoing through sleepless nights and quiet breakdowns.

I hated you once.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuYYYfAi5s
Not because you existed,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyIruDdeYO
but because of what you reminded me of—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcedZcCilO
every wound I couldn't prevent,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlogZNh7fB6
every word that cut too deep,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6877bhVf3
every goodbye I never got to process.

You used to burn.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5cZJXa1ec
You used to sting.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHb5ko3a30
But now...57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1VdQAR7q7
You've faded into something else.

You've become proof.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r8Y51Oi4l
Proof that I didn't just survive,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSEH7vLlws
I carried on.

You remind me not of pain,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlPAWcXO3Y
but of power.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8FRHLDJrA
Of how I chose to stay—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeqgWOm60K
even when everything told me to give up.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4t1lPWIwgp
Of how I whispered, "just one more day",57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeQS2dyNE9
until one day,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPYpNhkcxk
I didn't have to whisper anymore.

You remind me that healing isn't a loud process.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSjpdkqgEM
Sometimes it's messy.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFE4yy7wXy
Sometimes it's slow.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2vlUq9lVm
Sometimes it looks like laughing again at something silly,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdVcbU4MJW
or sleeping soundly for the first time in months.

You're still here, but you no longer hurt.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJf0YAhN2g
You no longer define me.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9v1EZwYU3
You simply live quietly under the surface,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXun5EcRrn
like soft echoes of battles I've already won.

To my scars that no longer ache—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1cS0gbBOc
thank you.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvrMemGpwm
For being my reminders.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdvWUglp5O
For being my resilience.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwxL5mTG3A
For proving that even the most broken things can become beautiful again.

And to the girl who once thought she'd never make it this far—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWZ6UBAcYM
look at us now.

With love,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKL32ZLFAT
The one who learned to be gentle with herself

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