The morning after her divorce, singer-songwriter Nightbirde stood in a courtroom, feeling less like the empowered woman she imagined and more like a shell of her former self. She describes the experience as "dreamlike," filled with a profound sense of loss and a lingering sadness that refused to subside. “I whispered, ‘I would have loved you forever,’” she reflects, capturing the bittersweet ache of a love that ended, leaving her adrift.
This wasn't just the end of a marriage, it was the unraveling of a life she once knew. “My life was a strange and sinister place I had never been before; my own soul, a smeared oil painting,” she writes, poignantly expressing the feeling of displacement and the struggle to reclaim her identity.
Nightbirde's journey following the divorce is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
She embarked on a quest for self-discovery, desperately seeking a version of herself that felt familiar and whole. "I have spent a lot of time digging for a version of myself I can recognize,” she confesses, painting a picture of introspection and longing.
This search took her on a road trip along the Californian coast, a journey that mirrored the winding path of her own healing. “The flowers were opening one eye to see if the winter was over,” she writes, capturing the delicate hope that bloomed within her amidst the emotional winter.
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