significance

unboxing boneless

comfort

shares significance

with an unnamed

peace that has

settled within me.

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what do I call it?

how do I explain the

change that is

growing inside my

heart?

it feels like honeyed

joy and chocolate

contentment.

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I can taste the

newness of self as

the pain fades.

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am I finally different

in the way I have

dreamed to be?

or is it perimenopause

playing tricks on

me?

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whatever this is, I'll

drown my woes and

bury my fears here.

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I am different when

these cushions

palm my back.

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*I purchased a boneless sectional sofa recently, and the comfort that comes with this piece of furniture is on a whole new level of “Yes, Gawd!” It's still the simple things for me.