The resident of my heart exists softly, she doesn’t want to alarm or perturb, she simply wants to be present, there for the aching and the suffering, to be able to offer some consoling, some comfort during times I’m self-annihilating. I cannot help it; sometimes I allow things to get to me, people, events, expectations overwhelm me, and this little vision in my chest, with fairy wings and conjured sparkles, brightened eyes, she soothes me, strokes my tender skin, calms me each day she’s needed. [...]
Poem: The Queen Within my Heart – 07/09/20
