Reckoning by Anna Goodman Herrick

Reckoning Anna Goodman Herrick You have to know you're enough. And you have to remember.Then,you have to forgetand tumble into the soft darkness and let it hold youSometimes, if you're luckyit will whisperto you secrets:like,this is happeningyou are alive(even if)(just barely)and when you are on the edge of mercy I doin that pillow embrace of that godthat you have called painyou have to let it toss youback into the earthen worldand lay you on its grounduntil you say I doI want to be hereand this timeI mean it. More from Anna Goodman Herrick ↓@annagoodmanherrick on InstagramHer book A Speaker Is a Wilderness is out now.You can listen to me read Anna Goodman Herrick’s poem, The Whole Story, over on Instagram @rembrandts.cure