Welcome to Letters

Notes of survival. Moments of reflection. Poetry that doesn’t ask for permission.

A continuation of Ink After the Flame - these letters are offerings.

This space is for the unsaid.

“To the Girl Who Survived”

Dear You,

The world may never know the weight you carried-
or how loud your silence became just to survive it.

But I do.

You wore bravery like skin long before you had a name for it.
You learned to smile while stitching yourself together in secret.
You made it through fires no one saw.

This letter isn’t just for you…
it is you.
I see you.
I believe you.

You didn’t break.
You bent.

And when the world moved on,
you learned to move with a softness they could never take.

This is your space now — for poetry, truth, and healing that doesn’t ask for permission.

Let the letters begin.
~ J.C. Destini

From one survivor to another, these pages are poems, journaled prayers, and a gentle offerings from my heart to yours.