Hello, Constant Need

by Carolyn Chilton Casas

Jul 02, 2026

Image of a silhouette of a person with lights spiralling around them. — Image credit: Rishabh Pandoh on Unsplash

to get it right, tick off

every item jotted down on

a never-ending list.

Hello, disdain for change,

living uncomfortably

with not knowing

what will come and how

I’ll meet that.

Hello, fear of a future day’s regret.

To circle back around,

regret for not getting it right.

Hello, acceptance.

Hello, allowing.

Hello, trust.

Black and white photo of the author, Carolyn Chilton Casas. — Carolyn Chilton Casas

Carolyn Chilton Casas is a practicing Reiki Master and teacher who explores ways of healing in the articles she writes for energy and wellness magazines in several countries. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as Braided Way, Grateful Living, and One Earth Sangha and in anthologies including The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal, Thin Spaces & Sacred Spaces, and Women in a Golden State. More of Carolyn’s work can be found on Instagram and Facebook, at www.carolynchiltoncasas.com, and in her newest collection of poetry Under the Same Sky.