Hear

Patchwork Heart

vulnerability doesn’t mean telling

others what happened to us from

across a cafe table or from behind a

microphone


and then going home from the

experience feeling just as alone as

you did before


vulnerability means allowing your

human heart blanket to get sewn to

other heart blankets


it’s about connection


we don’t share for status

we do it for synergy


we don’t confess for clout

we do it to build community


we tell our tale

to invite others

to tell theirs


it’s the sacred cycle

of storytelling


we gather in a circle of trust and

say “here is my journey”


then we listen to

the other journeys

that are shared


we take space

then we give space


we pour

then we absorb


we speak

then we listen


we are storytellers

then we are witnesses

vulnerability isn’t just about

grave digging in our past

to expose our skeletons


it’s about sewing quilts


here is my patch

here is your patch

here is their patch

here is us


here is our story