MY GRIEF TAUGHT ME DISCIPLINE

My grief taught me discipline.

Not the clean, motivational kind—
the quiet, brutal kind.
that holds you together
when everything you love comes undone.

The discipline of surviving
what should have broken you.

Grief carved the truth in front of me—
the pause before collapse.
Tears taught me
what words never could.

My peace arrived—
honest, not gentle.

Now I honour the scars that taught me—
the ones that closed without permission,
that carried wisdom into my skin
and proved I was worth healing.

I let go of what no longer serves me.
I stand in the truth of my heart
and the marrow of my soul.