Other-side

Sitting within uncertainty,
Feels like an eternity,
Uncertainty plugging along,
Allowing each now to be felt,
Observed, experienced,
For each part of its rollercoaster,
Trying to stay positive,
While scared shitless,
The days, weeks, months,
Go on, we go on…
Living within those moments,
Those days, those weeks,
Felt like eternity,
But now looking back,
It was merely quick,
Digesting all that transpired within me.
The strength it took to get me from one moment to the next,
Unreal, but I overcame, I faced, I made it through,
Though it felt like though I could
Smell the roses, see the sunshine.
The not knowing used up my smile,
Consumed my presence,
With its shadows,
And I stayed mostly positive,
Mostly there...
Allowing myself,
To let myself be in the unknown,
Letting myself not be okay,
Letting myself be okay with not knowing,
Everything now feels but a nightmare,
The kind of one, I have a hard time forgetting.
Something out of my control pushed me into
The place outside comfort,
Off shores, sailing into a smog,
But These recent days,
I have come to the otherside,
And all that I did not know,
I know now,
Has surprisingly, come full circle…
Melissa Palmer © Evolving Mirror
Healing now, as I have come
To the otherside, there is now
An understanding of what uncertainty holds,
Offers, gives, shares, becomes,
As it was fully embraced,
No choice but to be there,
Became the building blocks
For whatever could come my way,
I can and will always be able to navigate
Through…