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Interwoven Hope

from The Valley Is Not Your Home by Janelle Maree

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TW: Self Harm, Suicide, Depression

I learned how to braid when I was nine.
I learned what depression felt like soon after.
Years later I would use that knowledge to braid fear into a rope,
wrap it tight around my neck,
always looking for a place to hang it.
But lately hope has begun to unravel it.
replace it with the scarf my mother bought me last fall,
kiss me there like a lover someday will.
It wraps its arms around my neck
like a child saying,
“Thank you for giving me another chance;
I promise you won’t regret it.”

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from The Valley Is Not Your Home, released February 24, 2019

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Janelle Maree California, Maryland

27 year old poet, special education para-educator, Netflix enthusiast, devoted daughter, sister and friend. You can always find me either singing Disney songs, laughing loudly or talking about hope.

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