Hunkered down
Pull a blanket around
Hide in a warm cocoon
Where tea flows
And nobody knows
If you’re staying or leaving soon.
Take a blanket day
Ease the cares away
Running everything to ground
As you nourish your soul
Stop the world grabbing hold
Stay invisible to the crowd
Give to yourself the things
You’re suggesting for others
Treat your own body carefully
As if that of a lover
You’re filling up from the inside
Receive till it oozes out of edges
That you never knew you had
Smoothing away the harshness of days
And making you full once more
Until then stay in your blanket
Warm and caring for you
With what you need and a brew.
Ailsa
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