Remembered Wellness

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 I really focus and laugh and relax:

Hold the ‘angry baby’ of me,

sooth and hear what is it she is saying.

get the words out, hear the real emotion

and the words I say without censor.

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And then I cry and then I laugh and cry again,

and when I come back to normal breathing

to come back to the picture with deeper and better feeling

if it returns at all, repeated, as many times as needed.

The wordless emotions of pictures connected to nerve endings no longer a mine field.

It can surprise you while it’s happening, but preparation and set mental intention

make the emotion my friend, like a child’s trust for their mom will be heard,

I return in time to my breath, showing my peace of mind.

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Dorothy Perry is an artist and mystic photographing both. Contact her here.