Be Still

Stop
Just stop for one second
A minute
Make it fifteen
Fifteen minutes isn't long
Just breathe
Be present
Feet rooted to the ground
You are flow
Systems of your body
Thoughts in your head
Release
After these few moments
You can go back to it
Productive
Daily grind
But stop just for now
Take in your surroundings
Feel the space you occupy
Center
Acknowledge
You are here
You are loved
You are worthy
Right now

Chapters

My soul is so bound to 

What if’s 

As though I’ve never read 

All the chapters in a book 

Like I don’t know that stories 

End. 

Honey

Brown sugar eyes

Framed with freckles 

A summer moon sparkling

Against starry skies 

Last June

My pulse rose

The crashing waterfall

I recall the tension 

Nature in tune

My fear and anxiety 

Slippery footing 

How I poured

Collided and drowned 

I am a Pufferfish

Eyes wide
Startled
Puffing my chest
Covered in spines

What if I never get over it?

I've tried to muffle her
With time and solitude
Distraction and sex
Dragging her along to
A whole new life

She still screams
Confused and hurt
Crying out for answers
Why I let her open
Why does she still bleed

Alarm

I felt myself frown against your kiss

Break away so I don't cry into your mouth

You stroke my hair and I shudder

A rigid back against your gentle touch

My body knows you but my head is lost

Each time your skin is on mine I reset