Smoke & Stillness
Poetry and reflection around cannabis, stillness, recovery, advocacy, ritual, creativity, and the complicated ways people find comfort and clarity.
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Morning arrives from the wrong side of insomnia, catching her awake as darkness packs itself away one pale color at a time.
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At 4:20, one brief smoke break becomes a seam between chores, sleeping children, and the tired body carrying the whole day.
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At 4:20 a.m., an old smoke ritual lingers as memory while the sleeping house and a tired mother move toward morning.
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A candle and a little smoke become offerings to an old house that asks no questions and lets a tired heart leave something behind.
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After the last bottle and the day’s final demand, a quiet smoke becomes less about escape and more about returning to herself.
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At four in the morning, she misses the heavy quiet that once softened sleeplessness, anxiety, and the relentless sprint inside her mind.
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A late-night smoke does not promise to fix grief or erase hard realities; it simply offers a little honest quiet.
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Smoke becomes a small place to unclench when grief and the world demand more weight than one body should have to carry.
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A hope for the day relief no longer comes with judgment, conditions, or the fear of losing everything she has fought for.
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Somewhere between therapy and the forest, smoke becomes a ritual for quiet, creativity, laughter, and returning to yourself.
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