By Charlotte Amelia Poe
I’ve been having all of these quiet revelations
Budding through the earth like snowdrops
Be slow, they say
Take your time
You do not have to rush
Your heartbeat will wait for you to calm yourself
If you catch your breath
Like a feather catching the wind
Then the spring will come
And the sun will dapple again
Your wounded body will heal,
And your soul will forgive your battles.
Charlotte Amelia Poe (they/them) is an autistic nonbinary author from England. Their first book, How To Be Autistic, was published in 2019. Their debut novel, The Language Of Dead Flowers, was published in September 2022. Their second novel, Ghost Towns, was self published in 2023.
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