the moon / attuned

As I drove away
I felt a lightness in my chest
A burden I hadn’t allowed myself
to acknowledge
d   i   s   s   o   l   v   e   d

My body’s monthly clock
aligned with the moon
as I watch her through my windshield
I feel gratitude for
the work I have done to attune
to get quiet for long enough
that I can hear my own inner voice

For all my talking
For all my loudness
For all my overbearingness
For all my intensity
I am forever learning
         how much I crave the quiet