In the middle of the night-awake

My brain on overdrive

(turns out it’s really important to acknowledge one’s feelings)

In order to get a good night sleep.

But when I allowed the upset feelings to emerge….

(A fear of the future….but a little more involved then that)

I was so much more relaxed- and as

I wandered about, turning on the light in my studio

To put paint onto a canvas that Sarah had started.

She’d brought out a stack of them

(The ones that she couldn’t find the energy to complete)

And as I painted, I could feel the presence of Sarah,

In her colors, shapes and gestures

All uniquely her, in our combined painting.

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The soul is present in what we make

Even if we are dissatisfied with it.

Greater then we know, a universe,

A hedgehog.