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The Balloon

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"Hope is a spacious place. It's so full of possibility."

Chantale has a way with words that is a little hypnotic. And she has a way with ideas. Hope, for her, is a red balloon that expands your chest so you can breathe a little more easily. 

Much like her balloon, or more accurately, because of her balloon, this is a conversation that expands - into mental health, the vagaries of babies that interrupt interviews, what keeps us awake at night, climate change, what a better future means, Brene Brown's vulnerability hangovers, messiness - and into a conversation about conversation, stories and words. About the things that make us human. 

And here is the poem that she shares with us - it's worth lingering over:

357/365 // the balloon // #365daysofpoetry

Love, mistaking my heart
for a balloon,
took a deep breath 
and blew 

and now it sits
uncomfortably tight in my chest,
swollen against ribs
that creak under the strain

drifting upwards 
until my toes barely 
touch the ground 

I am adrift 
in newly awoken hope

(Chantale Roxanas)

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