Happily Ever Woman

Happily Ever Woman

Sipping tea

Writing words

Sitting in silence

Jotting down thoughts

Living in memories

Silently staying strong

Walking down the street

Singing my favourite song

The world sleeps

I type away

And I celebrate

The start of a new day

The rest of my life

Happily Ever Woman

Happily Ever Woman

I think of fixtures

Gold

Brass

Silver

The different fixtures in my life

The habits I have

The people I see

The places I go

And my goal is to make these fixtures

My favourite

Trending right now is gold

But I want silver

Silver is me

Silver is passion

Silver is stability

Silver is greatness

And this are the things

That describes the fixtures in my life

Happily Ever Woman

Happily Ever Woman

In the quiet moments

I sit a ponder

The events that just passed

The hardship

The tears

The love

And I made it through

Through another storm

Life ebbs and flows

And sometimes I crave

The silent moments

Between the chaos

Where I can be me

No apology

And forget about

Everything else

Happily Ever Woman

Happily Ever Woman

Is this me?

Are these my words?

What will come next?

Who will they become?

Who will I become?

What is becoming?

I wonder what will become of this place?

This site

This online world

Does it know me?

Does it catalog me?

Does it see into my soul?

It told me who I am

And who I can become

And I want to say I believe it

I see it

I see me

And she’s strong

She’s loved

She’s beautiful

She’s me

And sometimes in my dreams

I watch her

From afar

Her movements

Her words

And she’s me

Only different

But that difference

Is coming to life

Right here

Right now

And that’s what counts

Happily Ever Woman

Happily Ever Woman

You wake up

Sun streaming through the window

Curtains just a crack open

You take a breath in

Turn off your alarm

Another day

You get up and stretch

Coffee brewing

A sweet aroma fills the room

You smile and sit at the table

You sip your coffee in silence

Thinking of things you are grateful for

Calm

At peace

You take out your journal

Or maybe 5

And write out your morning thoughts

Your affirmations

Your dreams

And you brush and floss

Wash your face

Do your makeup

And smile in the mirror

Looking at the reflection

You see beauty

You are happy

Smiling

And you realize

You want to feel this way

Your whole life

Confidence

Happiness

Calmness

Relaxed

And you realize

This is you

And you don’t know when

But you’ve arrived

To where you thought you dreamed of

Just yesterday

Lazing on a beach chair

Reading a book

Thinking about life

The dreams you have

The promises you made to yourself

And you know

You can come through for yourself

You can step up to the plate

And change your life

Because you deserve

A beautiful life

Happily Ever Woman

Happily Ever Woman

Pain

Pain makes you stronger

Pain makes you resilient

Pain is a part of life

I’ve come to like pain

I’ve come to appreciate pain

I’ve come to realize

I can overcome pain

I’ve come to realize

Pain isn’t the end

No pain, no gain

I sat for months in pain

Injured back

No movement

Just me

And pain

And tears

And it made new pain more tolerable

It made me realize I can tolerate a lot of pain

I can push through the pain

And come out the other side stronger

I push through the tough workouts

I push through the physical aches

And I live

Stronger

Happier

More resilient

And that pain

That I had to endure

Made me brilliant