Breathe in
Breathe out
Surrender and release
Illness led me to rest
But I forgot to breathe
Triggers led me to
grounding techniques
But I forgot to exhale
Life situations led me
to worry
take action
then anxiously wait
exhausted, but whole
Wisdom reminded me this will pass
Just Breathe
Just Be
I
breathed in
breathed out
surrendered and released
The after comes as it always does
I rest confused by the intensity; the crescendo
of symptoms, of noise, and of fear
Fear of the illness
because I know it will strike again
often without warning
It lifts
leaving behind fogginess, relief
fatigue and acceptance
The mindfulness of acceptance
The exhaustion of acceptance
For me, living with PTSD
is the juxtaposition between
illness and health
danger and safety
surrender and release
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