I Tried To Google “Description Of A Safe Place” And Found Nothing

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everything can be gentle if I let it

gentle and cold and quiet

everywhere can be a lucent place

where golden light washes over the land as the sun sinks into bed

and I can lie down to watch smoke dance above me

while feeling the Earth run her roots along my back

everyone can be expansive 

I won’t disappear myself when the light leaves

I’ll let every single star kiss me in the dark

listening as they whisper

“soft” and “safe”

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Sage Mitchell (he/they) is a queer, neurodivergent, and transgender writer living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the creator of Songs of Ourselves, an lgbtq+ writing community. His poems have been featured in What are Birds? Journal and Pour Vida. You can find him @sagesagesage_ on IG.

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