Dear Diary, I Need You

Dear Dear, Please Keep My Secrets Safe

Dear Diary

You know you hold a special place in my heart.

No matter the highs or lows that I experience, you are there for me,

I appreciate you:

Open and willing to absorb everything I dare to share.

I can’t explain how good that feels, how lucky I am to have this sanctuary

Of pen and paper

A space to mull over my so-called life, and cleanse my soul.

I know I don’t always show up, though.

I know I am not consistent.

And yet, you, faithful friend, are there waiting to take me in with no judgement,

Allowing me to just be.

I freely admit you are a form of therapy

Helping to process what has happened and, of course, consider what may come.

For that, I thank you.

For that, I will forever be grateful.

And just know,

Wherever I am, I am thinking of you.

Even when I am far, I need you.

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