All is Well

Exhaling

the breath I didn’t even know I

held

on

too

two years?

six years?

How long?

too

tightly

too tightly wound

up

in

out

in the cocoon

I’ve nestled in

deeply held

within

free

breaking

free

sprouting wings

tumbling through

unknown

finding ground

feeling held

sun

on my face

clarity

clearly free

rebirthing

orienting

to what is

what was

what I held

what did I hold?

on

to

too

too tightly

why?

released beyond tears

maybe years

through all this

remembering

to be held

I’m not held

down

no longer.

I breathe

I cry

I release

I am

free.

finally

finally free.

regained

regained ground

beneath

unearthed

a version of me I didn’t know

existed

she is here

she is rising

she is reclaiming

the fight

isn’t

over

for some

threads have just begun

to be woven

for strength

for clarity

not broken

never broken

held

held strong

held strongly

attuning in

to

here

and

now.

Steady

unbroken

stillness

abides

not abandoning

myself

any longer.

Here.

held.

released.

exhaled.

Whole

healed

a blessing

true.

open

opening

opportunity

possibility

bliss

A chance

at life

renewed

restored

unbroken

released.

All

is

well