Balance

Amidst all the bad...

There can be some good.

Meet my new nephew, Garrett.

After...

I let the tears seep into the ground beneath me.

I let the tension crawl out of my body and slink off into the darkness.

On the cold, stone floor of what had come to feel like my prison...I succombed to the exhaustion enveloping me.

My aching body...weak and motionless until a feeling of warmth persuaded it to stir.

Eyes still heavy with sleep, I raised my head to find sunlight settling over me like a warm blanket...gently brushing my hair back from my tear stained face and murmuring, "Sleep darling, sleep."

Broken

I can feel the labored beating of my broken little heart.

I've taped and I've glued but the pieces are only just hanging on.

To be honest, I'm scared to fall asleep.

Scared that if I close my eyes, the pieces will tumble to the ground and scatter. Then my heart will never be whole again.