This post was originally published in the Facebook group Girls Gone Global (by Dear Alyne) and written by Nileema Khan. It was also published in www.thedailystar.net. Thank you Nileema for the contribution!
I’m trying to heal from an abusive marriage… Trying to heal through writing. Here is my first poem with a photo of my wedding day. May there be no shame on divorced women. May we all have strength.
A picture says many things
A picture hides many things
They say why are you exposing your vulnerability?
I say vulnerability is me.
Accept or leave, please.
There is strength in my vulnerability
do not question it
as there is courage in fear
smiles in tears
sunshine in winter mornings.
Healing is organic.
There is no right or left
straight or curved way.
To heal is to embrace your fears.
be unapologetically vulnerable.
Be gentle,
yet do not forget, this is not final.
Only beginning of the story.
The toxins will be washed away
slowly but surely.
Patience and my breath are my friends
And as miraculous as healing can be,
there are flowers still blooming in these bare mountains.
Till then, stay with me.
Nileema Khan.
1/11/19.
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