I’m opening a little poetry corner inside Smidgen of Calm. A place for words that don’t need to be perfect just honest. 🥰
Your always welcome to share poetry here whether it’s yours or something you think the group would be interested in.
This one is about my journey so far and how this space has quietly connected me with creators all over the world. ❤️🖌️
A Smidgen of Calm
I thought I was building something small,
just a quiet corner on the internet,
a place for noticing,
for unfinished thoughts
and half drunk cups of tea.
I didn’t expect
the world to walk in.
I didn’t expect voices
from different time zones,
different lives,
different stories
to sit down beside me
and say, me too.
We arrived carrying different things
burnout, hope, grief, curiosity,
a pencil that hadn’t been used in years,
a song that needed somewhere to land.
And somehow, in this shared space,
we softened.
We listened.
We remembered how to play.
Not to impress.
Not to perform.
Just to be.
Now when I open my screen,
it feels less like logging on
and more like opening a door.
And every name I see
is proof that creativity
isn’t lonely at all
it was only ever waiting
for a place to gather.