Stick in the Eye
Pain keeps its promise.
Pain keeps its promise.
I’ll be fine.
But this mantra is neither present
nor leaping forward nor a prayer.
It’s a lie.
“Be present” is a good directive.
But it should have been preceded with lessons in being still.
she modeled the wintering, the unfurling.
And I know I can stand strong in my winter when it comes.
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