Balm

Fear visits

regularly

quietly 

with fingers that wind

invisibly around your neck

(he always visits)...

but Nature’s the medicine.

Chlorophyll calms

light warms

colors brighten

breezes lift

the tight ghost fingers.

And when 

tightness rises

in your chest,

drink the ocean

like Xanax

to balm the soul.

Art by Charlotte Ager.