What Have I Learned?

What have I learned? Man, where to start. I learned that I am much stronger than I thought I was…I learned that there are parts of me that have been sleeping for a very long time, silent and secret parts that have been aching to be awakened. I learned the fragility of life and the whispers breath that holds it balanced, I have learned the weight of that breath. I found out that I need to be touched more than I ever thought, that the importance of being shown my worth in physical gestures is unbelievably large, much larger than being told. I have learned what it feels like to not be able to stop smiling for reasons only you know; I found the places in me starting to wake up. I have learned these things, and countless others, and I have learned that it is a scary thing to let yourself learn…it is a very frightening thing to allow yourself to wake up, those silent aching parts asleep so long.