"Don't Shame Yourself"
Don’t ever
shame yourself
for showing up,
admitting or sharing,
only to be shutdown
or even ghosted.
To want to reach out
and describe your struggle
and be understood
is better than holding
it all painfully inside
and to never be seen.
It’s all humanly real.
The risk to be
honest and open.
The exposure from
connecting outside
vulnerability.
The enormous courage
it takes to let your
truth be revealed.
And know in turn,
not everyone can respond
in the way you expect
and believe —
or perhaps at all,
sometimes.
But, don’t ever
shame yourself.
Don’t diminish
your light
for expressing
or become conditioned
to not ask for help
in your time
of great need.
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by Susan Frybort from the book "Look to the Clearing" Poems to Encourage
Art by Jeanie Tomanek
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