Her Vow

She Will Not Be Quiet: A (mostly daily, mostly unedited) writing practice

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Jotting from my Journal. Day #209 of (mostly unedited) daily writing/sharing.

Note: (I will now be posting MY (MOSTLY) DAILY WRITING only on weekdays, rather than 7 days/week)

Her Vow

After decades of too much suffering, or maybe 
just the right amount, she vows
to hand it to the October sky, 

vows to stop abandoning 
herself to please
another,

vows to empty and keep emptying 
hands and heart of everything 
that never belonged there, 

to replace 
the running and numbing 
with daily I loves yous—

vows to become more like 
the autumn leaves, more like the self 
she has always been.

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