Dissolving Anxiety

all i need

a hug, you leaning

into me and loving

the time.

this is all

a beautiful sign

like angels ushering

the triumphal entry

of god dying for us

or of butterflies

entering the banquet hall

of anther and filament

announcing feasts

of regeneration.

Or,

of, literally,

wrapping arms around

a dog on a cool

fall evening.

something insidious

and bitter is

stripped away

in this moment

in this embrace.

Done