let it be peace

that reels you in

and be lifted,

over bare

winter trees,

at the highest altitude

let it be peace pursued

over mountains,

over worries,

over your deepest

understandings,

over everything,

find peace

and freedom

to breathe.

(Morgan Harper Nichols)

Pursue peace over

your deepest

understandings.

For within it

there is freedom:

over all things

mistaken,

over broken

conversations,

over all the things

you’d thought

would hold a little stronger

and grow a little longer

than they did,