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The Vault
There is so little/ to hold, I said// as I held it. Each/ bloom/ of strength/ that entered/ my hands.
Andres Cerpa
This poem is written, according to the poet, to remind us to love the world more. Like a vault must be unlocked for its riches to be found, so too must we unlock our whole selves — the parts of ourselves that know safety and happiness and peace and the parts that know fear and isolation and anger — for us to love the world. Sometimes something to hold is what it takes to unlock the safe. The vault of our heart, hardened by time, can be unlocked by with the tiny keys of vulnerability and compassion and breath.
It takes true strength to love like that. It takes tempering of steel. It takes telling the truth. It takes letting go. It takes healing wounds. It takes unlearning chaos. It takes radical acceptance. Once open, the riches of our hearts are ours.
About Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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