Reclaim Ashes
You found me when I was at my lowest. I was proud and didn’t want to rely on anyone other than myself, you easily saw through that. You knew that I needed you and the universe did too. In the darkness and fire you found a man who was broken from a fall and you slowly nursed back to health.
Your medicine was kind words of encouragement and healing. You wanted to know the heavy that was weighing on my heart. You knew that I couldn’t lift it up on my own so you helped me. With your hands you pushed aside the wreckage and debris, gently calling for me to get up and hold on.
I listened.
You took your time with me and understood that the care I needed wouldn’t come from chemicals or pills, it would come from actions and words. I began to feel more of myself again each time we talked. Your face became a beacon of hope for me. It became a sign that the darkness I was in and the fire that was consuming me would eventually come to an end.
You showed me how to find the silver lining when all other lights seemed to be out. I was able to be vulnerable with you. You welcomed it. You wanted me to show that side of myself.
You were the Virgil to my Dante. The unspoken angel that I needed to guide me through the hell I was in. You knew what to say and how to react because you lived in that same hell once before. The scars I carried were healed over by the words that came not from your mouth, but from your spirit.
In the darkest part of my life you became the light that I needed to shine. You helped me to RECLAIM ASHES and rebuild into the best version of myself. The role that you played was one that was divinely orchestrated. You were a dove sent into a war zone; you brought peace to a broken heart.
Thank you for everything that you did for me and continue to do. I couldn’t ask for a better friend.
