Autonomy

did you lose a limb

after loving her or him?

now it’s time

to grow back those arms you lost,

to regenerate into a new self.

it might take a few months

or a few years,

but you know you’ll get there

in the end.

it’s hard to pull yourself up

from the underground

but you’ll stand up tall

no matter how they pushed you down.

t.l.