Stop and Breathe

Just when the thoughts

are too stressful

To bear, you reach out

and take my hand

And say, 'It's okay,

let it pass,

You are stronger than this.'

Feeling the calming sense

Of your words, the warm

touch of your hand,

I stop and breathe.

It is all that I need

As I move about the day,

refocused, renewed.

1/30/2013