I am your home

When the world feels too loud,and you can’t find your footing,when even your own thoughtsfeel like strangers at the door,remember me. I am not the storm or the stillness.I am the space between,the light left on,the warmth waiting under your skin. You don’t have to be strong here.You don’t have to earn rest.You can fall …

They Needed Someone to Lead Them, and She Couldn’t Let Them Go Alone

(A Song for Jane) They said the count was almost done,More than twenty still out,The dusk had wrapped the canyon wide,And silence held the doubt. But Jane stood there, listening still.The whispers in the mesquite,She knew the trail, she knew each name,And she made a vow she'd keep. They needed someone to lead themAnd she …