(Inspired by) Sunset by Stella Elkins Tyler 1938
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Just out of bed she receives some bad news
Devastated she collapses wholly
Deflated she takes the shape of her chair
Sinking deeply until she disappears
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Slowly she inflates breathing in deeply
Emerging from the cracks of the cushions
Spine strengthening heart hardening, healing
Soul searching, not looking for answers.
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Answers will not change what is the present
Without questions and without answers she
Pulls herself up into her new today
Moving her breath through her new body
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It’s the best she can do, breathe in, breathe out
Emerging, strengthening, moving, healing.
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( A Lannet Poem)
A Picture and a Poem 