Empower yourself

instead of waiting for someone else to make the first move,

to reach out and to initiate repair,

i wonder how it might feel to empower yourself

to release yourself

from the binds of another's actions,

to use your voice, to assert your needs, to set a boundary,

to reach closure in the form of walking away

sure, sometimes we feel we 'shouldn't have to'

that the ball is in their court.

though this can also keep us stuck.

making conscious choices and making movement,

releases us from disempowerment,

releases us from immobility,

and empowers us

to be the driver rather than the passenger,

and to live a life aligned with self-connection

in place of self-abandonment.