by Carolyn Chilton Casas
to get it right, tick off
every item jotted down on
a never-ending list.
Hello, disdain for change,
living uncomfortably
with not knowing
what will come and how
I’ll meet that.
Hello, fear of a future day’s regret.
To circle back around,
regret for not getting it right.
Hello, acceptance.
Hello, allowing.
Hello, trust.
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Carolyn Chilton Casas is a Reiki master and teacher who often explores ways of healing in her articles written for magazines in several countries. Her poetry has been published in journals and anthologies including The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal. More of Carolyn’s work can be found on Facebook or Instagram, in her poetry collection Our Shared Breath, and in the forthcoming book Under the Same Sky.