I dedicate
my words
of gratitude
for all the
silent smiles
anonymous aid
and generous joy
you have shared
with me
May
your table
be filled
with laughter
love
and memories
to endure
your brightest and
darkest days
I dedicate
my words
of gratitude
for all the
silent smiles
anonymous aid
and generous joy
you have shared
with me
May
your table
be filled
with laughter
love
and memories
to endure
your brightest and
darkest days
Life is a rough draftin constant revision every day we add pagescross outerase or deletewords replace them with betternouns or verbsthat more accurately shape our evolvingperspective
I stretch, I think, I stretch some moreAwake enough to process dreamsAnd preserve new hopes on paperI stretch, I think, I stretch some moreI scribble, I scratch, I switch out wordsThen tap out new memoriesI stretch, I think, I stretch some moreAwake enough to process dreams
What makes me nervous?Easy. Money.Easy money?Why do you find money unsettling?Stability. I want stability.What does stability look like to you?A fully-funded future.What else?Being able to pay for everything I need.And?A house that doesn’t rattlein the wind.And?Time to travel.Why are you nervous?Even the best-planned futures can fail. Thinking in Future Tense This Q & A format…
Embrace lifeAs Sunday morning bloomsConquering gloomWith dawn’s golden light. Triumph over shadowLet your spirit flyTranscending skyAnd earth below Let’s bury doom, grief and strifeAnd shout the shimmering storyOf newfound joy and gloryFrom embracing light
We needa shot in the arma double doseof spiritto guard our heartsfrom polluted prosethat crushesempathy’s pulse
The whispering
never stops.
It never
stops.