Moment of weakness

All those hours spent, all those sleep she sacrificed, making up the mind, convincing herself to be strong, to be proud.

All those times she looked at herself in the mirror trying to smile.

The words she told herself to be brave.

Everything for that one moment.

A moment where she mustered up enough courage to be stronger than ever.

But the whole freaking universe rears its ugly head, chooses the exact moment to ruin everything.

Her courage & beliefs got challenged & pushed back a thousand steps back to the gloom where she fought,screamed & kicked.

Never wanting to stay there.

Does that make the moment where she felt worthy of herself, a moment of weakness or moment of strength, for daring herself to over come the chaos.

The darkness, breaking the norm, hoping to find a ray of light in the emptiness surrounding her like demons.

-Reetu