good night
a kiss on the forehead
a bedside prayer
carried over from childhood
a glass of water
the ice long melted
she's still awake
good night
deep breaths
if that doesn't work
count to 100
slowly
good night
feel it in her body
as in her mind
a surrender
a retreat into darkness,
she goes willingingly.
good night.
AMV
I am feeling taken over by anxiety. My body is a land that is being colonized, ravaged by something outside myself. Something unwelcome. Something devastating. Something utterly unrelenting, undiscern
1. The air is thin now. I breathe deeper and fuller. Inhale; taste the wind. 2. Body. Overwhelmed. Salty tears, mistaken for Sadness. Grief. Relief. 3. In small ways, create a home, a life in moments.
a collection of affirmations to say and know: I am resilient. I listen to and trust my own desires. I am my own. I do not apologize for who I am. I am brave and vulnerable. There are things only I can
