The Heartened Shell

As when the fever breaks
and you are tired, clean, and empty;
you walk out from your house into a field
and the wind upholds you.
You recognize the sun from long ago
and the water from the grasses bathes your feet.
All these gentle affirmations grace
the fragile part that hopes to strengthen,
and you bring the heartened shell of you
back home, and throw the windows open.

November 18 2013