
sometimes
against the fractured
uncertain
backdrop of life,
tears provide
calm,
balance,
an exhale.
+ Her Barefoot Heart

each tear
an altar
to things
unspoken
and unseen
and yet still
Known.
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today’s altar (cloth): Knowing

they were productive,
these women.
cooking
cleaning
planning
preserving
sewing
planting
teaching
cutting
picking
tending
and more.
and sometimes,
sometimes for days on end,
they cried.
they cried silently and
without attracting attention
because to explain
in words
what every teardrop held
seemed an insurmountable task.
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today’s altar (cloth): determination
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