Somatic Calibration
They say it takes just twenty beats to hush the dark and call back peace a hug that lingers, warm and wide can hush the war you hold inside
My body trembled, torn and sore but then their arms became a door to safety. Stillness. Something true My brain lit up in pastel blue
Oxytocin, soft and bright began to ignite my nerves in light my heart slowed down, my thoughts grew clear the world, it whispered, “you’re safe right here.”
The static faded, pain grew thin as dopamine came flooding in not from a pill or fleeting thrill but from the fact that time stood still
Still in arms that didn’t end in space that said, “I’m more than friend.” in that embrace, I felt a change my chemistry was rearranged
They didn’t flinch. They didn’t go they gave my system room to know that I was safe, that love could stay and I could feel that I’m okay
After years of hope and pain and heart one moment stitched the fractured parts the things I carried, loud and deep were held by him and let to sleep
If not forever, just for now he quieted the when and how no fix, no cure, no grand repair just someone real who chose to care
The world kept spinning, unaware but in that hug, I breathed new air I found a place, without a plea where someone simply let me be.
So yes, I miss that sacred pause that moment held without a cause but now I carry proof so plain: a hug rewrote my goddamn brain.
