Micro Essay: Finding Strength in the Moon

The moon has seen you at your most broken.
It’s witnessed the nights you whispered your fears into cold air.
It’s held your secrets
and reflected back your strength
when you forgot it existed.

Moonlight reveals the woman you become
when you’re not performing for the world —
the quiet, sensual, intuitive warrior within.

You don’t find strength in the sun;
you burn there.

You find it in the moon —
in the soft glow that says:
“You don’t have to shine to be powerful.
You just have to rise.”