Fractured, dark
Closing in
Body alarming: there is a history here
Buried in between the cells
A memory incompatible with my rational mind
This is the vigilance
The latent animal insistence
“The wolf is coming, I am not safe”
But those years ago
I couldn’t just shake it away, like the rabbit underneath the ferns
The wolf was always home
And now I can’t escape
Even though the wolf is gone
Because the rabbit fear is trapped inside me
“Darling, this is a sweet undoing”
The trellis has burned, now your vines get a new structure to rise upon, love and truth
To relearn attachment, security and soothing
“You can be safe, right here”
The body is the cage, the body is the harbor.
