Stressfully Soft

When stresses snowball
increasing in speed
frenzies faster and faster
vibrating notes
blending together
that suddenly there is a hum
A silence.
A calm.
A scary calm.
like the heavy insulated white velvet of a snowstorm.
Covering the screams of swerving vehicles.
but this time dark. unbeautifully quiet.
a dark calm that shakes your bones
and your insides start to quiver.

sometimes only the soft.
the simple.
the lost and found things
soothe the separated soul.

little pressed knots, balls, twists of yarns.
warm colors matching the green
where the dyes were made
a little Bolivian headband
that traveled to Argentina then back to me
reminding my head of where i've been
where i'm going
where i long to return
where i haven't been
and where I want to get lost.

This time breathing.
and back on track.