Healing

by Christine Yurick

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I’m feeling better. Stronger.

Like I’m allowed

to take up

this space

to say yes

or to refuse

to set boundaries

or to open the gates

to forgive and

to forget

to trust

and to be

to accept myself

and not let

anyone deter me

to breathe

and to be

to take a path

different from the rest

to stand apart

to heal.

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Christine Yurick

Christine Yurick is the founding editor of Think Journal. Her poems have appeared in E-Verse, Angle, American Arts Quarterly, Tulane Review, and 823 on High, among other journals. Her chapbook At the End of the Day and other poems is available from Kelsay Books.