I Am The One Who Stayed | Self Love Mastery
- Katherine Tatsuda

- Jul 26
- 1 min read

I sat with myself
As the tears finally came,
All the ones I never let fall.
Tears for the years I spent surviving.
Tears for the decades I carried what shouldn’t have been mine.
Tears for the heartbreak I tried to outrun.
Tears for the devastation I bore alone.
Tears for the weight I took on
before I even knew what weight was.
Tears for the mask I wore
Just to make it through the day.
Tears for the girl who grew into a woman
Who didn’t yet know better.
Tears for the path I never chose,
But kept walking,
Because I didn’t know there was another way.
I stayed.
And I said
I am safe.
I am loved.
I am seen.
Because I taught myself how.
Because I learned to sit and stay,
To hold and nurture,
To be the steady presence
I always needed.
Peace.
Honey.
Home.
Me.



