Some days
your body is not the thing that feels tired.
Your soul is.
You wake up
and the weight is already there.
Memories.
Regret.
Questions that keep returning.
Why did I do that?
Why didn’t I stop sooner?
But listen carefully.
Your past is a chapter.
Not your whole story.
You are not the worst thing
you have ever done.
You are the person
who decided to face the truth.
And that takes courage.
More courage
than most people will ever understand.
Because healing is not easy.
But one day
you will