Slow Drip

Elizabeth Helmich
Aug 26, 2017 · 1 min read
Cocoons — photo, courtesy of Pixabay

Stop looking
at the clock

Leave the chores
for later

Take too long
sipping

Listen to the chorus outside
and melt

A little longer…

Let your lungs
hug your ribs

Be the cocoon

Until wings dry out,
uplift today

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Elizabeth Helmich

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