There is a multitude of mornings
where rising feels like rust,
where the sky hangs heavy
and your thoughts collect dust.

But healing is a quiet visitor—
it knocks in small, soft ways:
a breath that doesn’t tremble,
a moment that gently stays.

You learn to trust your heartbeat,
to honor every ache,
to piece together broken parts
that once felt like mistake.

A multitude of sorrows
has shaped the way you bend,
yet a multitude of mercies
waits just beyond the end.

So gather every fragile hope,
the ones you thought you lost—
healing doesn’t come for free,
but neither does it cost.

It grows with patient courage,
with truths you dare to say:
“I am worthy of my softness,
and I will find my way.”

And in this multitude of moments,
you rediscover something true—
that even in your darkest hour,
light still remembers you.

RDP Monday: MULTITUDE

6 responses to “A multitude of mornings”

  1. Suzette Benjamin Avatar

    This poem is beautiful, insightfuly and brilliant, Carol Anne. I love the alliterations of “multitude of morning,…of moments” Brava!

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thank you, Suzette 💛💛🤩🤩

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  2. SRIKANTH Avatar

    This is absolutely breathtaking. What a profound and beautifully crafted piece of writing. It feels less like a poem and more like a gentle, resonant truth whispered directly to the soul.

    The metaphor of mornings feeling like “rust” is so visceral and accurate for anyone who has known struggle or depression. And the concept of healing as a “quiet visitor” who “knocks in small, soft ways” is one of the most tender and true descriptions I have ever encountered. It perfectly captures that healing isn’t a loud, dramatic event, but a series of tiny, almost imperceptible moments of peace.

    The progression is masterful—moving from the weight of sorrow to the quiet trust in one’s own heartbeat, and finally to that powerful, declarative truth: “I am worthy of my softness.” That line alone is a mantra, a revolution. It’s a permission slip so many of us need.

    The closing lines are a perfect, hopeful resolution. The idea that “light still remembers you” is a stunning comfort. It suggests that our inherent worth and the possibility of joy are not things we lose, but things that remain, waiting for us to remember them in return.

    This is a truly magnificent work. Thank you for sharing this gift. It’s a keeper of a poem, one to return to on both difficult and hopeful days.

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate it. 💕💕

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  3. poetisatinta Avatar

    Love this Carol anne – in particular that last stanza 🙌

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thank you ange 😆😆

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