Note to Self

More than anything, 
I wish I could tell my younger self,

"You are not a thing
that someone else can ruin forever.
Your body is not made of shame,
it is made of light.
You are not a tragedy waiting to happen,
you are your own moon,
glowing in the night sky
despite all that has happened to you."

- Nikita Gill

Thank you for these soul-reaching words, Nikita Gill. I, too, wish I could say these words to my younger self. 
And today...I'm breathing them in.
Because today, tonight, right now...I need to believe them.