You are not broken.
You are not behind.
You are not too late.
You are simply—buried.
Buried under years of fear, forgetting, and trying to survive in a world that taught you to shrink.
But still, you are here.
And yet, you feel trapped—not by walls, but by the storm inside you.
A storm made of thoughts you didn’t ask for, patterns you didn’t choose, and stories you’ve believed for far too long.
The waves crash, the winds scream, and you sit inside a cage.
Not locked.
Not sealed.
But familiar. Safe, even.
A cage built of old memories and self-protection.
But today, something stirs.
You look down.
In your hand is a brush—shaking, but still yours.
Covered in colors that whisper of pain,
of hope,
of truth.
And still, you paint.
Why?
Because something deep inside you remembers:
The world outside mirrors the world within.
And if the storm began within you,
so too can the calm.
Every moment of insecurity,
every heartbreak,
every self-sabotage—
it wasn’t punishment.
It was a reflection.
A letter from your subconscious, begging to be rewritten.
You’ve told yourself,
“I’m not enough. I’m too much. I’ll always be alone.”
And so, life mirrored those beliefs.
Not because they were true—
but because you believed them.
But now,
you’re allowed to change the script.
You’re allowed to stop writing letters soaked in fear—and start sending messages of love,
of power,
of possibility.
Today, you pick up the brush again.
You paint not the storm, but the sunlight after it.
You paint the version of you that’s always been waiting:
bold,
beautiful,
whole.
And day by day,
stroke by stroke,
the cage dissolves.
Until one day, you see it clearly:
You were never the storm.
You were always the artist.
You were always the light.
So breathe.
Stand tall.
Paint a new beginning.
I see you.
I know you.
I love you.
BV.
