Why Salt and Pen

Salt & Pen

Salt
   as in sweat.
   the labor of healing.

Salt
   as in tears.
   grief. joy. release.

Salt
   as in flavor.
   depth.
   words that nourish.

Salt
   of the ocean.
   of the earth.
   of the sky.

Pen
   to bare the page.
   to hold the truth.

Pen
   to write it out.
   the ache. the clarity.
   the return.

Pen
   to come home
   to yourself.


  – Twila Smith

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