Lisa Strader on The Liminality Journal

[Lisa Strader]

"Embrace"

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Gather it in, everything

that you wish you could push away—

gather it in like the fruit of autumn

and hold it in a great round woven bowl:

the needle jabs and bloodwork,

the not-yets and the try-agains,

the early-morning appointments

and disappointments

and phone calls and blurry thoughts.

Gather it up:

these are yours.

You cannot forsake them.

Hold them close on your hip like a child;

you cannot put them down

so you might as well bring them in close

and embrace them.

[Kaitlin Curtice]

This brought tears to my eyes, thank you for sharing your heart with us

[Lisa Strader]

Thank you for giving me the space to do so! Even in just a few words, I feel like it really helped me process some things.

[ElaineE]

"Hold them close on your hip like a child" -- so beautiful and powerful. Thank your for sharing your poem.

[Lisa Strader]

Thanks so much for reading!