This poem was inspired by the challenging and vulnerable moments that leave us breathless. 

Riley Dishner-Brown is a newer writer and stay-at-home-mom from Virginia. Her poetry often connects her experiences related to caregiving with nature and myth. Other poems have been published in The Orange Rose Literary Magazine, The Loch Raven Review, and Belladonna's Garden Literary Magazine, and she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2025.