MLMM, Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie

Your words this week are:

machine, tremble, quietly, detect, firm, hurt, noise, hurry, pace, pressed, let, music.

MLMM Monday Wordle #495

The Rhythm of My Own Heart

The world had become a machine,
turning faster than I could follow.

Everywhere, there was noise,
voices telling me to hurry,
to keep up,
to move at someone else’s pace.

But my hands began to tremble,
and the weight of everything
pressed against my chest.

I sat before the piano,
my fingers resting on the keys.

For a moment, I did nothing.

Then, quietly,
I played a single note.

And another.

The music filled the room,
soft enough to soothe
what the world had managed to hurt.

There was no need to explain,
no need to pretend,
no need to be anything
other than myself.

I could detect the familiar rhythm
returning beneath my fingertips.

Slowly, my breathing settled.

The ground beneath me felt firm again.

And somewhere between the notes,
I remembered something
I had almost forgotten.

I do not have to move
at the speed of the world.

I can let the music carry me
until I find my own rhythm again.

Because sometimes,
the most beautiful thing
we can do for ourselves
is simply stop—

and listen to the music
of our own hearts.

💜

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— Maggie The Afterlove Voice 💫

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