A Braver You

A poem for the upcoming dark nights

I came across this absolute stunner of a poem today, and had to share it with you. The poet seems to be Donna Ashworth, but I’ve been unable to verify that.

Regardless, please soak this loveliness in.

A Braver You

She asks me is she brave

and I look at her

here

still here

still trying

after all these years

after all the ditches

in which she almost died

all the nights she cracked and cried

a river

am I brave, she quivers

and I show her a mirror

of all the shes

she used to be

and all the ways

she fought to be free

yes I say with the deepest of truth

I have never seen a braver you.

— Donna Ashworth

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