Hug me
for I long to be squeezed
with
just enough gentle pressure
to feel safe
and loved
and enough
and-
stop. squeezing.
squishing.
too much pressure
suffocating
you are squeezing me
wrong
I do not know how
or why
only that it is wrong
let me go
stop
STOP
you have squeezed too much
and now my heart
has
popped
About the Creator
Samantha De Yarman
They’re just words
I’m arranging in an order
And yet somehow
Nothing else is harder.
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Time for #2
This is the second article on my review of the ideas in The Four Agreements. Here's the first article: I knew that I'd move forward with this series, but I put it off as Agreement #2 is a big stumbling block for me. I'd like to say I decided to get out of my own way and thus wrote this, but that isn't the truth. (Since Agreement #1 is to Be Impeccable with Your Word I surely need to own up to that)
By Judey Kalchik 4 days ago in BookClub
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