you are loved you are loved you are loved
quick, what are all the things you can do when you don’t have to hold a yelling baby?
you have 30 minutes
ready, set, go.
will your baby crying radar to rest
put away the food
sit in the quiet and the cat jumps up, up for this game too
breathe deep through the lingering cough that three hours of sleep just can’t kick
grab your journal and pen
sink in
nothing left to do
just be
breathe
pet the cat, the cat needs petting
thoughts, thoughts, breathe
thoughts, thoughts, breathe
this breath, then the next
nothing else to do
is it enough, this life, my life?
it doesn’t matter
you are loved you are loved you are loved
am I asking too much? do I get to have it all?
tell me of your god and I’ll tell you mine. she holds my hand with a purring paw, then twinkles in sunrays through the window, pure presence, the favorite song of my mother riding in on a hot shower stream filtering through the refrain I wake up to and try to live
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