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Poem submitted to “…Haven” poetry contest, Constance La France, sponsor, 8/12/206

<em>“Porcelain teaches that haven can be delicate—yet strong enough to hold whatever softens you.” </em>quote by poetess

Haven

Her haven wasn’t grand or wide;  
no sweeping place to run or hide.  
It lived in smaller things she kept~  
a teacup where the morning slept,  
a folded napkin, soft with wear,  
a breath she balanced in the air.  

She found her refuge in the pause  
between two sentences—because   
that quiet space, so slight, so thin,  
let calm collect and settle in.  
A spoon against a porcelain rim  
became a steadying hymn for her,  
a sound that asked her heart to stay  
a moment more before the day.  

Her haven wasn’t built to last  
or hold the weight of shadows cast.  
It simply offered gentle ground,  
grace in tiny places she had found~ 
the ones that ask for nothing new,  
yet give her back a clearer view.  

No grand escape, no sweeping plan~  
just smallness doing what it can.  
A haven shaped by quiet art,  
no larger than a beating heart.

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