walking away from anxiety

February 18, 2023 ~ jennadawn ~ Leave a comment

Noticing, how
when I leave the house
ridden with anxiety
my breaths are short and shallow,
my steps quick and rigid,
resisting the urge to run and cry
at the same time,
anything to make this feeling go away.

After ten minutes
my breaths are short
but deep on the inhale,
strong and forceful on the exhale.

After twenty minutes
my breaths deepen
my stride lengthens
and I find a rhythm.

And after thirty minutes,
maybe more,
I feel the anxiety release its final talon
and fly away.

My breathing calm,
my steps easy,
I walk a bit further
to soak in this feeling
a little longer.

Let me soak in this feeling
just a little bit longer.

it will come, and stay

January 1, 2021 ~ jennadawn ~ Leave a comment

You know this feeling,
this feeling right here,
of peace and stillness and calm?

It does not need to be fleeting.
It can be here, with you,
every day.

If you make room for it,
it will come,
and stay.

real to you

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 ~ jennadawn ~ Leave a comment

Even things that aren’t real can be real,
as long as they’re real to you.

So when you lose them, mourn the empty space
they once owned in your heart,
and mourn them deeply.

No one can tell you you cannot cry.

longing heart

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 ~ jennadawn ~ Leave a comment

How do you tell them
how your heart aches to see them,
be near them, hear their story
and of the expansive burst in your chest
you feel the moment you see them?

When you say
“I’ve missed you”
or “It’s so good to see you”
do they also hear the words you want to say
but don’t?

Sometimes words cannot do justice
the bodily sensations of love and longing,
you know it by feeling
and hope they feel it too.