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Janna Y. Barber's avatar

Currently between the second and third stanzas.

Again.

Ugh.

Chris Yokel's avatar

The Shadows were rattling my doorknob last week. I hope this poem is a little hand, or just a finger. ❤️

Nate Wilbert's avatar

What a beautiful poem Chris. 🥹👂🎁

Chris Yokel's avatar

Thanks Nate 🙏🏻

j j b r i n s k i's avatar

“Companionably” is a word that was so perfect here and I don’t ever recall seeing it anywhere else.

Chris Yokel's avatar

It also sounds like a word you'd read in a Jane Austen novel 😄

Chris Yokel's avatar

I was trying to get at the idea of learning to accept all the experiences and parts of ourselves. A phrase that my spiritual director has given me, that I think she sort of got from Thich Nhat Hanh, is "Hello my little darkness".