I’m sorry to all the girls….

I’m sorry that your dream slipped away

And that one by one each of them disappeared

I’m sorry that things didn’t work out as you hoped

I’m sorry that apathy now resides where hope lived

It feels so cold and damp

I’m sorry for the loss of warmth

I’m sorry that there is no longer possibility

Each carefully constructed plan has been shattered

I wish it was different

I wish you felt differently

I wish that the pain would abate

Take comfort that there are others

Others who feel exactly as you do

Those who sink into a depression after every pregnancy announcement

Or who’s throat clenches at each cancer diagnosis

Countless victims who feel re-assualted by the Me Too movement

Or who’s tendencies flare up by each suicide

I’m sorry that the white picket fence was never built

Or that the man of your dreams never materialized

I’m sorry that life is just so damn hard

And that it just keeps getting harder

I’m sorry that the wins are so few and far between

And so small when they do come

I’m sorry that life has treated you so harshly

I’m sorry that friends and fathers and lovers have been cruel

To all the girls who feel lost

Lost in this new reality

A reality that wasn’t chosen

Or dreamt of

However……I MUST say, I marvel at your grace

My how delicately you still move through this world. Such elegance remains.

I’m in awe of your willingness to keep going

Despite it all

What a testament

A testament of Y O U

Of your strength

Of your courage

All that you are

All that you have been and all that you will be.