On this week's Braving the Waves, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem that explores how to create a safe space in your mind—a place only for you.

It also discusses how difficult this can be among so many other thoughts, distractions, and constant content consumption. The poem in the episode is a sestina, which includes a repetitive echo by using the same six end words in different combinations and orders. Our thoughts also create echoes/repetition, so this episode can help us reclaim and create a healthy echo chamber in our minds. The poem allows us to unpack society’s sometimes invasive definition of safety and potentially brainstorm a new one.

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written & visually formatted versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

Where can we be safe when ceilings & walls won’t share? Those in our own brain—not the boundaries of shelter but the exponentially spreading Rubik's cube boxes— apartments plugged with everything but joy. Could we keep just one free? For love? Listen to this week's episode to hear the full poem! If you’d like to share your moment or memory on the podcast, please head to tinyurl.com/bravingthewaves.

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