My dearest mental health,
Where do we begin?
It's been a journey to say the least,
Hasn't it?
From the stuff we have seen,
Experienced,
Felt,
Not felt,
It's just been a lot.
How do we unpack all this?
And where do we even begin?
Sometimes it all feels like we are stuck,
Motionless,
Stifled,
Helpless,
Hopeless,
The list goes on and on.
Where do we go from here now?
And what do we do?
I want to feel better.
I want to be fixed.
So desperately,
If that's even a thing.
We are trying,
Spinning our wheels,
But we don't have the energy,
The will,
The way,
The exhaustion,
The overwhelm,
It's crushing.
It feels as though I'm crouched in a fetal position in the bottom of a deep,
Dark well and I don't know where or who or how or what I can do.
My dearest mental health,
I see you,
I hear you,
And feel you,
And it's okay to feel and express some of these difficult things.
In a world where so many of us slap a smile on our faces and kick ourselves out the door each and every day,
It's exhausting.
So again,
Where do we start?
We start here.
And now,
In this moment,
We start acknowledging our truth as we see it within our own eyes,
Within our own heart,
Within our own being,
Even if it's not rainbows and butterflies,
Like so many perceive it is.
My dearest mental health,
It's time we find a match and light it,
And with that match we see the flicker of light in our dark moments,
Thoughts,
And feelings.
See the flicker of that light that casts so much visibility in our existence.
My dearest mental health,
It's you.
I see and make all efforts to dawn the light on any and all we face in our lives.
It's you I embrace,
Nurture,
And give back to,
For you have carried so much alone for too long.
I acknowledge the exhaustion,
The neglect,
The pain,
And sadness,
But we rise up.
We rise up from this now,
And we seek out help,
Guidance,
Assistance,
Compassion,
Nurturing,
Consoling,
Rest,
Acknowledgement,
And love.
We seek it,
And we seek it now.
My dearest mental health,
Your time is now.
Your time is now and forever moving forward.
I devote love and pledge to put you first,
Forever and always.
My dearest mental health,
I protect you and lift you to the surface of my life.
Now breathe,
Breathe in the air and invite pure healing into your being as we are one,
And you,
My dearest mental health,
Are an integral piece of my existence.
Together we walk as one with clean eyes,
And we seek out our needs,
And we fulfill them.
We fulfill them.
My dearest mental health,
I am here now,
And it is our time.
My dearest mental health,
I vow to pledge myself to our well-being,
Always making it a priority.
My dearest mental health,
I love you forever and always.
With love and light go now.
Be brave and seek out what you need.
You have got this,
And you will prevail,
And let it be so.
