Laughing till you can’t breath
Overwhelmed by that exhilarating joy
But the next moment,
Consumed by the sadness you thought left you
Every time you try to move forward,
And think that you’ve moved past it,
It pulls you right back in
Clinging on to you
But that’s recovery,
It’s the constant back and forth between feelings
That you can’t seem to understand,
That keeps bouncing back to you
As though you’re stuck in that moment
Because when you’ve “broken” that many times,
It seems impossible to pick yourself up again
But when you cling onto that part of you
That wants to feel whole again,
Momentarily, that burden disappears
And you’re left feeling free
So cling onto that exhilarating joy
because it clings onto your pieces too
and you’ll grow to realize
That you’re so much more
Than the things that have happened to you
And you’re not broken,
You’re just healing.
-Tanisha Chheda
Instagram ID: @tanishachheda
