Safe Place

By Veronica Farmer

Kitten soft
this place 
of imagining
deep within

I go here
when the world is hard
or loud
My safe place

I curl within 
Breathe deep
Come home 
in the musty depths
of my imagined cocoon

Breathe
Breathe...
and        Breathe
Laboured breaths 
Lung deep
Soul deep

And then..
I am once again ready

To face the world
Lift my chin
and meet
It's hullaballoo
and chaos

I put the sword back in my hand
and continue on
Knowing the light is building
Just as the fire 
​rages