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from The Valley Is Not Your Home by Janelle Maree

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lyrics

TW: anxiety, agoraphobia

People can change.
Time does heal.
Things will get better;
they can always turn around.
Life is a circle.
I can return to the start,
my joy anew, my hope restored,
my healing without boundaries.
My story is not finished.
I don’t want to rush myself.
I don’t want to quit before my time is up
because I used to be afraid to leave my house,
talk to strangers,
get behind the wheel;
I know it’s hard to believe
when I’m standing here in front of you
but most days I could not even walk to my mailbox.
It is a poem in itself
that I leave my town,
my house, my bed,
to stand in front of people I have never met,
and share hope in the form of poetry.
Some would rather call it testimony
If you need to
I hope you hear it as your truth,
a sign, an answer, assurance,
a promise.
God has more plans for you.
You have more chances for things to go right.
You have more time for them to get better.
The sun rises
every
single
morning
no matter how dark it got the night before.
You have to keep trying.
There is healing in the waiting.
The light always returns.
Find a way to hold on.
I will help you.
I promise it’s worth it.
because after every one of these shows
I say goodbye to my new friends,
get in my car and drive home
and the first thing I do is check the mail.

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from The Valley Is Not Your Home, released February 24, 2019

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Janelle Maree California, Maryland

27 year old poet, special education para-educator, Netflix enthusiast, devoted daughter, sister and friend. You can always find me either singing Disney songs, laughing loudly or talking about hope.