The Eighth Sister — Keeper of Closure and Quiet Bloom
She stood with her eyes closed and her chest open, meditating and exhaling centuries.
A black woman draped in soft grays and shadows while her hands resting in stillness. One over her heart, and the other on her stomach to reset herself as she nears the end of her days. From her chest bloomed moonflowers again as farewells wrapped in gentleness.
The moon behind her was nearly gone; a faint curve, a tender sigh. Yet, she glowed inwardly, like someone who no longer needed to shine for others to believe in her light. Her silence was not emptiness; it was in preparation of surrendering to her first sister.
To black women who are tired, shedding, dissolving, she murmurs, Rest is not retreat. It is return. Close your eyes. Let the past settle. Your next beginning is already on its way.
She is the dusk before the new dawn. The last hush before the circle begins again. I lingered in her quiet...until I, too, felt ready to sleep. May you feel this way in your surrender.
The Eighth Sister — Keeper of Closure and Quiet Bloom
She stood with her eyes closed and her chest open, meditating and exhaling centuries.
A black woman draped in soft grays and shadows while her hands resting in stillness. One over her heart, and the other on her stomach to reset herself as she nears the end of her days. From her chest bloomed moonflowers again as farewells wrapped in gentleness.
The moon behind her was nearly gone; a faint curve, a tender sigh. Yet, she glowed inwardly, like someone who no longer needed to shine for others to believe in her light. Her silence was not emptiness; it was in preparation of surrendering to her first sister.
To black women who are tired, shedding, dissolving, she murmurs, Rest is not retreat. It is return. Close your eyes. Let the past settle. Your next beginning is already on its way.
She is the dusk before the new dawn. The last hush before the circle begins again. I lingered in her quiet...until I, too, felt ready to sleep. May you feel this way in your surrender.
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