an excerpt

[bearsir]

Relief is exactly the right word-my chosen family, and especially my constellation of intimates, is my harbour in the world. Some days I really need one. But it’s not just an end-of-the-day sense of relief, the kind where after the travails of a workday you get to finally take your shoes off and put your feet up and have a short measure of

Comments

[maribou]

this is beautiful, and gave me that warm fuzzy feeling of recognizing something I already knew in a different way. *smiles at you*

[frankiejlh]

There’s another kind of relief worth mentioning here: the relief of having such an important thing named and recognized so well.

Yes. and therefore, thank you.

[cathijosephine]

I love this and needed it today. Thank you!

[cathijosephine]

Also, if you're looking for critique, I would rework some of the longer sentences. I feel your muse touched you and you rendered her wishes into words well, but I also feel you sacrificed some technical craftsmanship in getting the imagery down pat.

[hhholiday]

thank you, this is exceptional. also, rarely articulated yet hugely important.