Ginger

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and then there i was
on my side
shaking, staring into this quiet sort of nothingness

my little phone speaker desperately trying to fill the room with music
to make the space whole again

this sort of liquid gold is delivered to me
and with one sip i feel relief
with that taste i am okay

i am cold and also hot and shaking and sad;
miserable
but now i am calm

like someone caught in a devastating tornado, i find solace within the disaster

no more waiting for what is lost,
worrying for how it is

i simply just am
i exist . i exist.

and suddenly that speaker seems to emit the sound so much louder
it fills up the room; fills my head
with the lovely sounds that previously made me so hollow

and suddenly i remember
that the quiet is good

that my brain can quiet in the silence as well;

peace isn't so far away

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