Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience. Camus

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a sign of a pig stands outside a breakfast place with the note:

I TURN VEGETABLES INTO BACON, what superpower do you have?

the body, bloated with fear, 

will transmorph this fear, slowly sifting into containers

that can be understood, but more importantly,  released. 

words fail to capture these feelings. words left many moons ago along with numbers, logic and it's cousin, time. 

At this time we often begin to experience confusion, fear, enthusiasm, excitement, sadness, numbness, and anger. 

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next to the primal fear is tenderness

if i can just step into the fear enough

make enough room to find the space

for myself, for my soul, for my spirit, 

trapped, afraid, singing songs of longing

of pain, of soft tender pain and hope