You painted a beautiful picture with your words. The calm gratitude of exhaling into a new life without having to explain or justify yourself to another. The ending was superb.
Wonderful poem! Yes, falling in love with our own little life is so crucial to recognizing the peace, love, and happiness we essentially ARE, rather than thinking life is a project of finding these non-things outside our self! <3
You painted a beautiful picture with your words. The calm gratitude of exhaling into a new life without having to explain or justify yourself to another. The ending was superb.
I really like where you went with this. I sorta thought I knew, but I really didn't. Great read.
This poem feels like someone suddenly realising their life has become soft in the best way.
The image of cake with sugared peach isn’t just sweetness it’s that quiet moment of “I’m really here.”
Touching your own belly and feeling alive hits with a kind of gentle shock.
It’s the awareness that this small, ordinary moment might be a blessing you once couldn’t imagine.
Every detail the tea bath, the flowered bedspread, the basil plant feels like proof of having arrived somewhere safe.
It’s domestic, yes, but in a way that feels earned after a long road.
The scars aren’t regrets; they’re part of the story that made this peace possible.
Loving a “little life” becomes something brave, not something small.
The empty side of the bed being “already full” says so much without explaining anything.
In the end, the poem is about finally wanting the life you’re living and feeling grateful for it.
Wonderful poem! Yes, falling in love with our own little life is so crucial to recognizing the peace, love, and happiness we essentially ARE, rather than thinking life is a project of finding these non-things outside our self! <3
I was feeling really shitty about being single this week and then I read this. Thank you, Helen.
Love the soft wonder, acceptance/exploration of simplicity in this poem. Very nice.
Beautiful and mundane, exactly the kind of vibe I think people should build in their lives