Burgundy Blue, May 2021

Laughter is a medicine

that amidst the chaos of trauma or pain

can help us

to return

to a more connected place

As even when we strive so hard

to be our separate self

there still can be a longing

to be cared for

to be held

Sometimes we wish for independence

from feeling trapped

with parents

still we’re moving forward

through our healing

and resentments

But the current

underlying

is the chance to choose to see

that as human as our failings

through respect and honesty

there is a hope

that the restrictions

that may have locked us

in the past

become

a possibility

that those restrictions

will not last