• Time

    Gently woven strands stretch before me- a ladder to be tread upon, forward, forward, always to the future. Rungs drop one by one behind me with each passing step, never allowing a second chance, only a remembered glance and the constant feeling there was a better path to choose. Oh to pause and rest awhile. To have a moment when all hangs, frozen, just as it is. Nothing changing. Nothing changing. To simply be where I am and who I am before the next rung is up. Stillness, you are the transcendent luxury I never claim till it is too late. -Rachel Hall

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  • Dare Me to Break

    This is a short poem, reflecting on hope. Pause, breathe, then begin. If you can, read it out loud to yourself. May it bring you some comfort in whatever ways you need it. How do we hold onto hope? It is fragile. A creature often paired with misery, as if to truly taste the sweet one must also taste the bitter. It likes to run, hope does. Take its sweetness and flee. It is too delicate for catching back like some ordinary thing. Even in small doses, it is strong. Palpable, even. It rises to the surface in seas of nothingness- internal storms beware the buoyancy. If you call to…

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