when you fall asleep
is it quiet or loud
when you wake
and the birds rise
do you hear silence
or does the noise consume you
what haunts you
what keeps you
on your toes
who are you
and do you even know
do you believe every thought
or do you swipe them away
did the trauma steal your light
or do you glow dimly and


did the darkness take over
or did you welcome it in
was the light or your darkness
the path you chose to walk in
did you know there's more
than dark and light
black and white
I didn't always believe that
yin and yang
balance
beauty
in both
there is no
all good
all bad
there,
just.
is.

one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight...
oh big eight, there you are.
my brightest sun
my little number one
my astronaut
my artist
my curious one
how far you've come.
how much you've grown
how beautiful you are
to all the laughter
you are my greatest treasure
I love you Maisie
happy birthday

I walked along the train tracks
they lead me to a beach
where the sand slipped right through my fingers
and flashes of an hourglass tipping
flooded through my mind
as I sat on the beach
the waves hit my toes
and all I could do was smile
because in this moment
the earth and I became one
and I knew that in the end
I was exactly where I wanted to be.
on the beach, feeling the wind
and the sand beneath me...............