To the closeted, hiding and afraid...

I know you may feel you are utterly alone, but you are not. Maybe you had just got to feeling you were ready to step out into yourself, until "this" happened. Perhaps, you are too afraid to speak out now, for fear of backlash that emotionally you just think you cannot handle. Maybe it feels like you can't express your feelings about "this" to your own friends and family, for fear of being "outed" and being met with rejection, so you keep your beautiful voice to yourself and just take in all that hurt silently. But I hear you. Maybe you are not in a safe place and you are starting to feel desperate. Please, find the safe people, people who will support you and love you while you are afraid. I will. Here in this space, I promise to listen, love, and embrace you...you don't even have to say a word. I see you, hear you. Please know you matter and, please, keeping loving yourself.