Poetry | Self Care | Mental Health

A Stormy Homebody

Poetry created by storms and too much silence

Photo by Daoudi Aissa on Unsplash

There’s a stillness in this house

Quiet radiates off walls in the softest sound waves

Outside the wind rages on

A reminder that I am not alone in my screaming

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My therapist has been trying to convince me of screaming

For months she has challenged me on the outcome

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She says, “it’ll ease the pressure”

I say, “how can I allow myself to take up space”

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There is no question in my statement

For I am no wind

No force of nature

Not even a grain of sand upon this land that isn’t mine

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I claim nothing

Want nothing

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Worry, my pain will radiate towards the neighbors and cause them to worry

I know there is already too much chaos next door

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