🩶 i survived another day, bitch

a daily oath for the almost-broken, still-standing

i didn’t rise for glory
i rose because the sun did
and i figured i’d try again

i didn’t win the war in my mind
but i stayed on the battlefield
with half a shield
and cracked armor
and a stubborn little flame that refused to go out

☁️

today wasn’t glamorous
no milestones, no applause
just me
and a pair of sweatpants
and a silence that didn’t swallow me whole

they’ll say that’s nothing
they’ll say “you just got through the day”

but we know
getting through the day
is a fucking miracle sometimes

🖤

i didn’t show up for the world
i showed up for the parts of me
that almost didn’t
the quiet corners
the scared kid
the future self i’m still building
the version of me who believes
that this pain
has an exit

and until then:
this is a breath
this is a win
this is survival

🌒

you can’t see my fight from the outside
but if you could:
you’d see how many monsters i didn’t feed today
how many spirals i shut down mid-sentence
how many lies i refused to believe
about my worth
my pace
my body
my joy

🧠

don’t tell me this was “lazy”
don’t tell me i should’ve done more
tell me i’m brave
for choosing to stay
in a world that doesn’t clap
for staying

i survived another day
and that
makes me
unshakable

🩶

say it with me now:

i survived another day, bitch
i am not small
i am not behind
i am not weak
i am here
and that is
everything

🕯️
— gabro

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