The Wisdom Present in Your Fear

You who've become acquainted with fear

as the jagged parts of fragile, fractured other press up against your person and tear at your security

Know there is wisdom in your vigilance

Those who abide with you are speaking, sharing from ancestral wells of sacred memory

Still yourself to hear them so you can be reminded that you are not alone and they can show you what to do

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