I take a deep, staggered breath
to calm the storm within
As the world hangs suspended.
In quiet moments, I release
an angry, burning fire
rising from air-filled lungs.
My body floats through air
Breathing again as I soar
out of this place of shadows.
Where my outstretched arms
burn through atmosphere
past stars, sun, and moonlight.
It is in this celestial space where
I no longer see the
hurt that once followed me.
Way up in the cosmos
A tiny drop in a big universe
where I turn into stardust again.
© Joellen Goth, 2021
Elle in Bloom 