An Amateur's Guide to Healing
For Mackenzie’s Grocery List Challenge
•Bandaids. How many will it take, to put me back together?
•Antiseptic. Can I scrub away the memory of you?
•Bath Salt. Will my sadness dissolve in the water in the same way?
•Nail Polish. If I change the shade of my personality from a dark blue to a bright red, maybe my feelings won’t bruise so easily.
•Perfume. Because the smell of cherry blossoms reminds me of days by your side but maybe vanilla will make me think of growth.
•Cinammon Scrolls. There are some parts of my old self I might never be able to get rid of. This is one. (I ate lollies with you but never this. It belongs to me.)
•Strawberries. They taste like freedom. Like healing.
•Happiness. I’m not sure where to find it yet. I think it must be in the process of letting you go. (I hope I’m almost there.)
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