The "Golden Kintsugi"

Dear Delyara, There is a Japanese art where they fix broken pottery with gold. They don't hide the cracks; they highlight them. They believe the piece is more beautiful because it was broken. I have spent my life trying to hide my cracks with makeup, with lies, with perfectionism. I didn't want anyone to see how "damaged" I was. But tonight, I am pouring gold into my wounds. I wrote about the breaking point—the moment I thought I would never be whole again. I am looking at my scars and seeing them as lines of light. I am not ruined. I am a masterpiece of survival. I am leaving the shame here. I am walking out shimmering.