Breathing Space

It does not matter
if I please you
or if you look at me with loving eyes
None of this matters
to the queen of my own heart

What matters is that I smile inwardly
at my own failings
forgiving
And open each day to my own goodness

That I soothe and soften my own wandering mind
and give space to my own thoughts and dreams

That I breath long and slow into my soft belly
and I know my own song by heart

JANE O’SHEA
from ‘Follow Yourself Home - 1st edition’