Beyond the Horizon

I seem happy because my writing is sad

Hope Rising
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
2 min readApr 11, 2022

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Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash

It gets so quiet, I want to be held… even if it hurts. Even when it stings. Wrap me in the whispers of the most gentle tendrils of the jet stream. Even if it’s cold. Even if it draws the goosebumps out of my past and onto my tattooed skin. Teach me to love the skin I’m in.

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Hope Rising
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Divorced, biracial woman | 23 going on 65 | Editor for Out of the Woods | I write to heal myself and others | Support me at https://ko-fi.com/aashaanna