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No Apologies by Michelle Vivier

No Apologies

Michelle Vivier

I refuse to apologize for all the ways I've sought out love and pleasure.

I am so much more than my body and those I once let use it without ever having earned it.

I refuse to allow my entire humanity to be reduced to who I've laid with, who I'd hoped might love me back, or how I learned to get my needs met when I was sad and lonely.

Reader - this was not how I found the love I searched so hard for, but it was my way to unintended endings, unexpected blessings, unfathomable lessons, magic I never knew I needed;

A daughter, so full of strength and beauty that she…

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