Jessica L. Morris

“Come and sit with me.”
But there is laundry to fold,
and writing to edit.

“Come and sit with me.”
But there are meetings to attend,
and others to help.

“Come and sit with me.”
But I must answer those emails,
and clean up the house.

“Come and sit with me.”
But I did that this morning,
and don’t have time to stop now.

“Come and sit with me.”
I’m trying – don’t you see?
There’s not enough time.
There’s not enough me.

“Come and sit with me.”

“Rest.”
“Breathe.”
“Stay.”
“You are enough.”
“You’re all I need.” 

“Come and sit with me.”