Chapter 5 — We Are Safe Now

[spoken-word half spok half sing feel really slowly talk , first-person] [Intro — the softest voice, like two people sitting together for the first time] Here we are Finally Together You and me Just... breathing [Verse 1] For so long we were strangers Living in the same body You in the past Me trying to escape it You carrying the old fear Me carrying the old armor Both of us exhausted Both of us alone But right now In this moment There is nowhere to run And I don't want to run anymore [Mantra x3] We are safe now. We are together. We are home We are safe now. We are together. We are home We are safe now... We are together... We are home [Verse 2] The danger has passed Even if the body still remembers Even if the nervous system Still braces for impact We are not there anymore We are here In a body that is learning That it is allowed to soften You don't have to brace anymore You don't have to protect anymore I am the adult now And I will keep us safe Let your shoulders drop Let your jaw unclench Let the breath come all the way in We are okay We are actually okay [Mantra x3] We are safe now. We are together. We are home We are safe now. We are together. We are home We are safe now... We are together... We are home [Bridge — like the moment a child stops crying and finally rests] Can you feel that? That warmth? That is what it feels like When you stop fighting yourself That quiet That is not emptiness That is peace Maybe for the first time Real peace Not the peace of numbing Not the peace of exhaustion But the peace of two parts of a soul Finally holding each other [Final Mantra x3 — barely a whisper, like falling asleep safe] We are safe now. We are together. We are home We are safe now. We are together. We are home We are safe now... We are together... We are home