Steady

Steady (2021). Pen, acrylic, and gouache on handmade paper. 8.5 x 5.75 x 0.75”. Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

From the colophon:
One of a kind milkweed paper, text, and drawings by Aimee Lee of Bionic Hearing Press. Bound in Virginia, completed in Ohio. Small papers by Velma Bolyard of Wake Robin in New York. Thanks to Oak Spring Garden Foundation.

Steady

Each day we attempt some kind of equilibrium
Could today be better than yesterday?
Or just not as bad?
I could settle for about the same.
Then, something shifts, unexpected
and another quick change
rushes the stage
In a blink, it all shifts again
and you start to sit in that newness,
alter the shape of your seat,
rest a moment to see how it feels—
and let go.
You sink in long enough to trust
that you can navigate even more changes
as fast as they come.
You stay steady.