Nomi's Poem, sent as a response. How do you start again?
And again
And again
And again? When things settle down I'll start again.
Right now the horse is galloping
And I am holding on.
My energy is there
in the holding on.
When all this living, this jostling, jolting
canter through rapids
finds a quiet patch,
a prairie patch like the flat land where I was born
I'll maybe start again.
A birth
With words this time. Or maybe the muse
Or maybe Lil
Will come by gently
In the midst of the fiercest rapids,
With the smallest of questions.
I will hold on tight to the hurtling saddle
Headlong into the waters
And with one splashed word
tell her
"Soon.
Soon Lil."
And with your reminder
"Be brave.
Let the words be your navigator.
Splash your words
Like thin stars in the night sky.
Have them lead you to the quiet place.
Trust in the words
To bring you home",
I will murmur,
"Soon Lil.
Soon".