Just a phase.

When you look up to the moon tonight, you may only see a small crescent of it. The shape a child draws when they add the moon to their pictures and paintings.

You will look up and see only a tiny part of the moon,
but you will not think less of it.

You will not think it isn’t trying hard enough.
You will not assume it is being lazy.
You will not find it any less beautiful.

You will know that it is simply going through a phase and that one day soon
it will be full again.

Well, sometimes we are like the moon.

Sometimes we go through phases where we are full.
And sometimes we go through phases where we can only give others
a tiny part of us.

And if that's you right now, remember...

You are not being lazy.
You are still beautiful.
You are enough.

This is just a phase you're going through,
that's all.

Just a phase.

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Becky Hemsley 2023
'Just a Phase' will be in her next collection

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