Inspired by A Lovely Rose

Tears dry up and the stain they leave behind is washed away. Nothing in this world is strong enough that you dwell in it or it stays with you for life and for every minute of every day. At some point you part, you take different roads.

The person you look in the mirror become a different reflection, one who has layers of stories, armours won after battling pain naked, spears you won after being struck by betrayal bare.

You fall for the new person looking back at you, yet you recognize your old innocence, fleeting like a shadow, somewhere you can't put your fingers on. You came into the battlefield with just an eye for the truth and feet that led you towards the light but you've stumbled into the dark, drowned in the river you feared as a kid. When you look at yourself now it's not just one that you see but two, one that's been to hell and back and the child you once were, taking baby steps towards a place of which you had no clue.

You'll smile at the gorgeous scars on your face and you'll admire the world behind your eyes, what your lips won't speak but what glows which each gaze you hold. You'll fall in love with that beautiful person, not a single soul in this world will amount to the place you'll give yourself.

You'll turn again to face yet another chapter full of twists and setbacks but this time equipped with a heart of a warrior, and a keen eye to claim what's needed.

-Inspired by a lovely rose