Shhh…
Stop, loud world!
Stop drawing me in, taking me out, throwing me
‘round and ‘round,
upside down –
I want to walk straightly.
One day I heard my body
after years of ignorance and self-doubt and
self-pity;
I listened and stood,
searched for my tribe and
nourishment
and never felt better,
although it’s certainly been hard
to hear instead of ignore
and trust instead of berate.
When I stopped and listened…
[shhhh]
I’d never felt more alive.
One day I heard my husband
One day I heard the stranger
behind me in line
One day I heard my mother
One day I heard God