When is trying not enough?
I’m trying to convince myself that there’s beauty in whatever this stage of my life is
Beauty in the mundane
In routine
In me
Even though it sometimes feels like I’m watching my life pass me by from another room
A bystander to my own experiences
Recalling my own memories as if they were legends told to me by campfire light
Finding myself stuck replaying my trauma like a skipping record
Trying to find a clue of how to heal
Trying to find the missing piece
Trying to figure out how to be content with where I am
Trying to live in the moment
Trying to believe that it’ll all work out in the end
Trying to have faith that everything happens for a reason
Trying to be
Trying to