#lostcap

mother, please forgive me;
i did not intend to fall in love.
but how could i not fall in love
with the freedom he offered in open palms,
as if the whole world had always been at my feet
and i had never thought to look down?

forgive me, mother, please.
but this was never a love affair with a man;
this is a love affair with myself.
and i ask your forgiveness because this is not an apology.
i refuse to be sorry for stepping outside of this birdcage life,
and if my wings led to him,
i am not sorry for that either.

mother, forgive me for breaking your heart.
i was only discovering my own.

— to demeter, from persephone // p.s.