11/06/2023
I met myself one day
after I'd fallen apart
I lay on the ground
limbs shattered and torn
mind tired and weary
heart
broken
Everything lost
and nothing left to lose
Surely the ground would swallow me up?
I thought
I hoped
But it didn't
The earth from which I came
wouldn't reclaim me
I wondered if I were poison?
I lay there a while longer
eyes closed
the earth breathing beneath me
deep exaggerated breaths
I matched its rhythm
and when I did
My limbs stitched back together
My mind relaxed
& my heart began to mend
And...
I saw her
standing there
staring in
and out through my eyes
She reached for me with my mothers hands
smiling a beautiful storied smile
Myself.
I love you, she said
And I believed her
©Tara Shannon, 2021
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Image text:
“I came back to find you.” said Rabbit, to their younger self. “Everything is going to be okay. You think it’s all your fault... but it’s not.”
©Tara Shannon