Here’s to feeling lighter.
Folks ask if I am better:
Am I “doing better?”
Feeling “safer” than before?
And today my response is
I am lighter.
Not miraculously healed.
Not tenaciously optimistic
But I am lighter.
My forehead no longer sweats.
My palms no longer shake.
And air flows more freely
Through my lungs.
The weight is gone:
That tedious, weakening presence
Which filled my head with lead.
Breath may still hurt at times.
The tiredness may come back.
But today my load is lighter.
My hopes are a bit higher.
And I see the value of
Living through the fire.
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