The Sapphire Waters of East Kalimantan

The bell rings

Freedom is hers.

She needn't forget the armor infused in her skin.

Only this armor

It isn't heavy

It isn't brutal

It isn't full of dents and scars of misgivings.

This is her

Standing in her power

Face turned to the sun

As she recalls that this moment of peace was hard won.

A decade on the battlefield had never prepared her for this.

She never thought this peace could truly be hers.

Yet, 

It had found her.

She need only stop and sit with it.

The sapphire waters welcome her

Inviting her to rest and truly ease...

And for the first time in her life,

She can accept.