The Coats I Wore to Survive

There are coats I wore for years…

Not because I liked them, but because they helped me survive.

The coat of “I’m fine.”The coat of “I got it.”The coat of “I don’t need help.”The coat of “Keep going.”The coat of “Don’t cry.”The coat of “Be strong.”

And I wore them so long… I forgot who I was underneath them.

But healing is teaching me how to take those coats off.

Because survival protected me…but healing is what will free me.