Where Love Heals

for a long time

I thought my life
was something
just beyond me

waiting

on the right person
the right moment
the right version of myself

I kept reaching
for a future

that always seemed
one step away

and while I was searching

life was happening

in quiet mornings

in laughter
I almost didn’t notice

in small moments
that asked nothing from me

except to be there

I spent years
trying to become someone

worthy

of the life I wanted

as if joy
was something earned

as if peace
needed permission

as if I had to arrive
before I could begin

but one day

without anything changing

I looked around

and realized

the life I had been chasing

wasn’t ahead of me

it was here

waiting patiently

while I learned

how to stay

the friendships
the laughter

the version of me
who sleeps peacefully

who laughs loudly

who no longer measures
her worth
by who chooses her

she was never lost

she was waiting

and maybe that is
the miracle

not that everything worked out

not that every wound healed

or every question
found an answer

but that after all this time

I finally arrived

and found

the life that waited for me

had been holding my place
all along

Jacque