Resilience has no brilliance.

Resilience has no brilliance.

She has no crown, no projector.

She has dark circles dug by nights when I chose not to let go, when everything in me screamed to stop.

She has doubts swallowed without water, fears swallowed without noise.

She still whispered in the dark, when the whole world said stop", too late, not for you,

I worked in the shadows.

Not to be complained about.

But because some victories are built away from eyes, in details that no one sees: a workout when I was exhausted, a smile when I wanted to cry, a faith in myself when no one believed.

Tonight, I'm not here to expose a perfection.

Perfection says nothing.

I come to exhibit a course. Falls, surveys, silences, rebirths.

I don't ask to be admired.

The admiration passes.

I ask that they really look at me.

Let us see the woman behind the smile, the strength behind the hesitations, the grace that is born when we refuse to break.

Because I held on.

Because I dared to say yes when fear said no.

And a woman who dares...

A woman who dares to choose herself, get up, redefine herself...

This woman is already winning.

Pictures: FBs pictures

Makeup & hairstyles: Ma Philo Getslay