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love arrives

a lesson in becoming

By Tim CarmichaelPublished 8 months ago • Updated 8 months ago • 1 min read
love arrives
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love arrives

in the silent moments,

in the way

you learn

to forgive yourself

first.

❤️

it teaches you

that healing

means accepting

the cracks

as part of

your design.

some days

love is gentle.

❤️

other days

it demands

you stop shrinking

to fit into spaces

never meant for you.

❤️

you cannot pour

from an empty vessel.

this is why

self-love

equals survival.

when love leaves,

it takes only

what you

convinced yourself

you needed.

❤️

the right love

will hand you matches

and say,

burn brighter.

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About the Creator

Tim Carmichael

Let your becoming be louder than your fear, and your smallest steps become the road you once thought impossible to walk. An Appalachian poet and cookbook author my book Beautiful and Brutal Things is on Amazon, Link 👇

https://a.co/d/537XqhW

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    Written by Tim Carmichael