Peace in the Pieces
Healing takes time
patience,
courage,
support,
trust.
It is both easy and difficult,
pleasurable and painful,
simple and complex,
quick and slow.
Most importantly,
healing is truly revealing.
Like a multi-layered blossom
that has been ready and waiting
for a moment that is right,
when petals can open, stretch,
reach for the sun
without constraint.
Each one beautiful on its own,
even those with blemishes
or damage of any kind.
They all bond together
to create a truly miraculous whole.
This sense of opening leads to
appreciation for one’s own bedrock
though fissures and detritus
are present.
Rooted,
like that blossom,
one can open, stretch,
breathe,
gaze to reflective waters
rippled by soft winds in the
waning colors of dusk
and smile at the discovery
of peace
in the pieces…
each and every one of them
that make a body whole.
Sarah Carlson
October 9, 2020
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