5. For when you have to sit with yourself

1. Hearts cannot break

These are poems from the book the messy middle. Do you want to read the whole book? Go to ⁠messy-middle.com⁠ [https://www.messy-middle.com/] Hearts cannot break         Before we begin, let me remind you of something I know to be true. hearts can not break only the shielded heart shatters into pieces the heart inside is soft and whole you think your heart is broken it’s just broken open leaving your heart unshielded every heartbreak is an invitation to meet your raw open heart to expand into softness the opening of the heart is the softening of the shell slowly losing its protection. but sometimes  all at once it cracks wide open shieldless

2. Goodbyes

These are poems from the book the messy middle. Do you want to read the whole book? Go to ⁠messy-middle.com⁠ [https://www.messy-middle.com/] for those that know  [no matter how much it hurts] a heart that breaks is not broken just broken open and then has more space for love  than ever before

3. It doesn’t matter

These are poems from the book the messy middle. Do you want to read the whole book? Go to ⁠messy-middle.com⁠ [https://www.messy-middle.com/] for those that know  [no matter how much it hurts] a heart that breaks is not broken just broken open and then has more space for love  than ever before

4. Allow yourself

These are poems from the book the messy middle. Do you want to read the whole book? Go to ⁠messy-middle.com⁠ [https://www.messy-middle.com/] for those that know  [no matter how much it hurts] a heart that breaks is not broken just broken open and then has more space for love  than ever before

5. For when you have to sit with yourself

These are poems from the book the messy middle. Do you want to read the whole book? Go to ⁠messy-middle.com⁠ [https://www.messy-middle.com/] for those that know  [no matter how much it hurts] a heart that breaks is not broken just broken open and then has more space for love  than ever before