She laughs
without fear
of the future
because she knows
she doesn’t need to
be afraid.
and sometimes she still is
and sometimes she laughs
instead
she is entitled to all the emotions
and she chooses to laugh most of all
because
joy
is not something that she denies herself
indulging
trust and
hope
which come before joy.
All three,
an ever-present invitation
to rest.
to know.
to laugh.
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
