When you find yourself with your back against the wall,

and you believe in your back and you believe in that wall, it all feels very real,

stop, mid-thought, mid-panic,

and say, help me, Holy Spirit.

And listen.

For the help. You listen for the help that comes as the feeling of peace.

That steals the mind and you exhale like you're doing now.

The breath is no longer caught up in the chest.

I'm no longer caught up in those bones you are expressing me, expressing confidence,

coming back to yourself.

Nothing can touch you, nothing can harm you. They may fall.

A thousand of them at your right or at your left, but nothing will come near you. Because where you stand is holy ground, where you stand, I stand. Where that body stands, you aren't. You abide.

You dwell in the secret place.

Not temporarily.

You don't go in and out anymore.

I told you to stop fanning in and out.

You stay in consciously, in the shade, out of the scorching heat.

I keep you.

I love you.