Love or Fear

I just heard something beautiful by the poet Hanna Leana Kuss: "Your regulated nervous system helps other people to heal."

She also wrote this poem that speaks to how I want to parent.

Love or Fear?

fear says

if i don't control this

something terrible

will happen

love says

i will stay

even when i cannot

control the outcome

fear says

if i don't intervene

i will lose you

love says

i trust your soul

and i trust mine

fear says

your pain is

my failure

love says

your path is not

mine to edit

fear says

brace

tighten

prepare

love says

soften

breathe

stay

fear wants

to save

love chooses

to walk beside

fear builds armor

love becomes

presence

and one day

the body gets

tired of war

the hands open

the jaw softens

the heart stops running

and the warrior

finally understands

i was never meant

to save you from life

i was meant to

LOVE YOU THROUGH IT