Conversations with My Higher Self

I’m tired.
Of stretching myself thin just to keep everyone warm,
Of praying for answers in a language I barely remember,
Of making magic from scarcity and still being called “not enough.”

Tell me—
Does it get easier up there?

But what about the nights I cry alone?
When motherhood feels like martyrdom,
When bills stack higher than hope,
And love…
feels like a door I’ve knocked on too many times
without anyone opening?

I’m scared.
That I’ll always live in survival mode.
That I’ll never make enough, be enough,
That I’ll fail the little boy who calls me “mama”
And the little girl I once was, full of dreams and fire.

How did you stop being afraid of losing people?
Of being overlooked?
Of not being chosen?

I still miss him sometimes…
The one who almost.
The one who confused me into staying.
The one who said he loved me —
But only when it was convenient.

Will I really get there?
To soft mornings and paid bills,
To healed friendships and safe love,
To not flinching at blessings because I’m used to lack?

Then I’ll keep going.
Even when it hurts,
Even when I feel unseen,
Even when I’m unsure.

Because if you exist…
Then maybe I’m not failing —
I’m just becoming.

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