Just Outside

I've kept my window closed for too long.
The blinds are heavy.
I woke up from days of just a quarter sleep
to stale air with an empty sound that is like peace only when
I tame my anxiety through unusual meditations
of finding you in the forest, 
just outside a door
that is actually my window.

Autumn Williams
@autumnwilliamspoetry

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