"muscle memory" - Sharon D. McCoy
we never realize
how strong we are
until we have to be
and we are stunned, when
having realized it once, we have to
keep on realizing
the hardest part is wanting life
to return to “normal”
forcing ourselves to face
that this has
…………..become normal
……………………..now
especially when people say
“You look great!” or “I
don’t know how you do that!”
or “I would never
know anything
………….happened!”
no matter how
well-intentioned
it always hurts:
this stake in a “normal” not theirs
this defensive praise of what they may
have the luxury to choose not to do
somehow, though, the real hardest part
is remembering
all you really want is to breathe
…………..in
out
……………………..savoring
still alive
still together –
remembering –
glad to have
………….another day
………………………another breath
Somehow this gets lost in rough
patches or petty focus – or even worse
when we must realize, dammit, once again
never believing
there’s more where that came from –
…………trusting that
we won’t need it
this intensely
always
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