Featured Illustration: Virginia Moreno
I never felt so loved
Being unloved
I never felt so secure
In my insecurities
I never felt so sustained
In my loneliness
To be so supported
And alone
The warmth
Penetrates through my skin
Awakening myself
With a glowing tinge
It eradicates
Every doubt
Every need
To be someone else
Every wish
To find someone to call my own
I’ve never been more alone
But less lonely
More broken
And yet closer to healing
Than with myself