Remembering

No longer bound

by outdated ideas

of how life should be,

I began to show up

in a gentler way —

seeing above

my own limited view —

slipping out

of projections

and old patterns —

making the best

of the pieces

I had to work with

in each moment —

remembering

the sacredness of life

and finding respite

in the middle of

the most chaotic of times.