Category: Poetry by Phoebe

selective focus photography of red waterlily flower in bloom

Begin Again [a poem]

When the sky folds inward,
heavy with hush,
and your own reflection falters
beneath the dimming of its lightβ€”
when the remnants of yesterday
cling to the hollows of breath
like smoke in still airβ€”

Be still.
Inhale not urgency,
but the quiet sanctity of grace.
Let the pause between heartbeats
speak what time cannot touch:

You are not behind.
You are not broken.
You are becomingβ€”still.

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woman sitting on gray rock near body of water

You Are Made of Oceans [a poem]

You are wrought of oceansβ€”
not of mere water,
but of the hush between waves,
of tides that rise to the call of unseen stars.

Within you, the salt of memory lingersβ€”
not sorrow, but the sacred trace of becoming,
gathered grain by grain
in the cathedral of your silence.

Still, you shine.
Even in eclipse,
your depths cradle light
the way night cradles the moon.

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