<\/p>\n
Some days we wake and our bodies ache.<\/p>\n
We can hardly keep our lips moist for the consuming fever, and all suppleness has left<\/p>\n
our limbs.<\/p>\n
We seek the comfort of a fortress made of pillows<\/p>\n
and the sweet friends who offer to bring over juice and soup, or their favorite passwords.<\/p>\n
A true love will hold us close through the shaking and the<\/p>\n
medicine will fix us in time.<\/p>\n
(Sometimes we secretly rejoice, because we can finally rest.\u00a0 Rest.\u00a0 Rest.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There are so many ways to wake up.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Other days<\/p>\n
we wake<\/p>\n
and our minds ache–a heaviness infuses our thoughts and<\/p>\n
on these days even the truest love<\/p>\n
seems dull<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
and so far away.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Even the sweetest heart is held at arm’s length and<\/p>\n
though we feel sorrow<\/p>\n
no more than a single tear will fall.<\/p>\n
We’ll say<\/p>\n
It’s the wind<\/p>\n
and let treasure slip by unnoticed.<\/p>\n
We’ll say<\/p>\n
It’s not important<\/p>\n
as we sink deeper and deeper.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It’s hard to rejoice in these moments.<\/p>\n
It’s hard to remember that we deserve gentleness and rest.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If we’re lucky, we’ll feel our feet touch the murky bottom<\/p>\n
and the slight tug at our hearts, urging us awake again.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But when we crack heavy eyelids<\/p>\n
there is such brilliance waiting for us.<\/p>\n
It takes just a fraction of a moment to remember<\/p>\n
all we have received<\/p>\n
to make it this far.<\/p>\n
And just a little longer to remember<\/p>\n
that our lives are a love letter<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
simply signed,<\/p>\n
Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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