<![CDATA[Stories by Misty Moon on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@mistymoon91?source=rss-abec7a32616f------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*l7ngzoWydnF_J6pnT90nZQ.jpeg Stories by Misty Moon on Medium https://medium.com/@mistymoon91?source=rss-abec7a32616f------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 22:13:33 GMT <![CDATA[She Looks Like the Poet]]> https://mistymoon91.medium.com/she-looks-like-the-poet-2e627ee35eac?source=rss-abec7a32616f------2 https://medium.com/p/2e627ee35eac Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:43:36 GMT 2026-08-09T05:43:36.921Z She stands at the front of the church, to the left side of the stage. There is a quiet sadness in her face, and as she sings along with the music, her hands palms up at her waist, her lips tremble just a little bit.

It looks like a heavy weight is slowly melting off her, years and years of frozen emotions thawing bit by bit and dripping down her arms and legs. She sways only a little with the music, but her strong and proud face is finally letting go.

It’s funny that I’ve never seen her in here before now. Or at least never noticed her.

She cries, standing there, barely swaying, and she is beautiful.

When she sits back down, she smiles. Even if only for a minute, she is happy.

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And I am worth more

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Maybe more than merely ‘not unsafe’

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It was a tension, a meaning with no words I let go, and released you from my heart Fifteen years you inhabited my psyche Now those ink…

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I’m sorry.

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(For the only Daddy I’ll ever have)

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Portrait of a vulnerable man

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It can be its own trauma.

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You are perfect the way you are

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