Only One

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

Photo by Hector Ramon Perez on Unsplash

Jotting from my journal. Day #71 of daily writing/sharing.

Only One

I don't want to lead the way, don't want
to wrestle, hustle, clean up the mess—
want the pen to guide me somewhere
surprising, unexpected, untucked—wild
with true‚ 

a place where there are no
windows, no doors, no fences, 
no walls. No stern voices 
that think 
they know best, 

no uncomfortable, high heels,
or pressed slacks, 
no days packed 
with busy.

I want a feather-soft place
where we can kick off our shoes, feel 
the earth breathe
beneath bare feet—

I want to enter that Rumi field 
where we can all lie down 
and rest together. A refuge
of rest, a nest so feather-soft 
the false falls away.

I want to live in a world 
where more is not 
better—unless 

it has to do with love, kindness, 
sharing, caring, unless 
it has to do with lilacs that kiss my nose 
when I breathe.

I want us to meet one another 
with empty hands, 
open-sky minds,

to see ourselves in the eyes
of the other, to see the other
in our own tired eyes—

to know that, really, 
there is only one
of us.

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