cloaked in green

she was a child of venus

and always has been

when i was younger

around 10 or 11 years old

i had a green fleece jacket that i would wear everywhere

i got made fun of for it being my “security blanket”

but i didn’t care

and it was just that

my security

i felt cozy and the color seemed to calm my anxious nervous system

now, years later i have a darker green fleece jacket

it was given to me by our neighbor’s husband

his wife was a sweet petite woman who passed away from cancer

she also happened to be a cancer sun

just like me

ever since i learned green is venus’ color

everything made sense

it’s also the color of the heart chakra

and the color of my eyes

i have a whole lot of love to give

and i hope i give it to the right people

but i am always comforted by the fact that love can never be wasted

we are all so deeply connected it brings me to my knees thinking about it

now that i’m older

i get the saying

“we are all one body, one spirit in christ”

i get what that means now

but my venusian self prefers to say we’re all different facets of a diamond

glittering and shimmering and shining in our own way when the sun hits us just right

together, we make up one big precious jewel

so why don’t we treat each other like that?

because truly

we are all as precious as diamonds