At Juno, we work with individuals during critical moments in their lives—times marked by challenge, change, and courage. Each person’s story is unique, and their words speak to the non-linear realities of healing and transformation.
Today, we’re privileged to share a deeply personal piece from one of our clients, CL* (Name changed for privacy*). Titled Letter to Self, this poem reflects on the journey of moving forward—letting go of the weight of the past, confronting inner fears, and the strength to rebuild.
Letter to Self
Girl give yourself a break,
Walking around with your head in the clouds, trying to figure out what is real and what is fake. How much more can a heart on the mend take?
The time has come to burn the pages of your past, a book written recklessly by defective neurotransmitters and toxic people’s opinions based on a distorted understanding of who you really are.
As you continue to grow you will discover that unfortunately some memories of the old you may stay etched in the minds of loved ones who are stuck anticipating your regression, scared that the monsters you had inside of you will return. Their fear is not for you to carry.
Do not for a second think that others judgment or rejection reflects you. If people choose to see you through a magnifying glass, just smile, let those pearly whites blind their ignorance.
Please know that you can acknowledge the years of confusion and fear when freedom was an illusion and hope seemed all but near.
You chose to unlearn years of destructive behaviors, bearing your soul to strangers who turned out to be life savers.
Take a minute, let it sink in that the torment in your mind has finally ceased to exist. You are more than equipped, you now have the power to resist.
Stability is a foreign feeling and I know you are terrified, but you are stronger than you thought you would ever be, you did it you are free.
When the darkness tries to creep in, take heart, stand still, and breathe, pick up your pen and change the narrative.
Let the light inside of you continue to permeate the empty spaces in your being that were once inhibited by darkness, remember that this light can extinguish anything that threatens your peace.
You may never know what is real and what is fake, your heart will mend, and it will break, you will make mistakes and some days will not want to show your face. For now, the clouds have gone, so keep your face to the sun and know that the battles are already won.
Love from yourself.
