Become

(A Blessing for Blue Christmas)

Not all things are bright
and brilliant
or ready to be birthed
in the bustle of this season.

The bulk of us
within our bodies
beneath this veil
is the deep abyss of blue
of being
burned
bruised
but not broken.

Believe

beyond anything you did
or those savage beasts have done to you
does not define you
No.
see how it refines you
into the beautiful being you
are becoming
have become
and will become.