A Poem for Survivors

You are closer than you know

More capable than you dream
And more grace-filled than you dared believe.

That which could not kill you
Has not only made you stronger:
It has also made you softer
In beautiful ways.

So take all that grit and bend

Align it with the winds

Of change headed your way.

Knowing that the path
Already laid before you
Will be better as you walk it
This day.

Every once in a great while I wake up with a poem running past, and I have to grab a pen (or a phone!) to chase after it. Today I caught up with this one.