May 20
I don't need to hide
from former versions of myself.
I hold her in the highest regard -
whispering to her it'll be alright
in distant whispers on the wind.
I don't need to lie to myself
about what anything was, or should have been
because it was all real
in the ways that it was..
and fleeting, when necessary.
I'm a woman who's lived so many lives,
planted firmly in my softest one yet.
My hunger to know what the future holds
has been replaced by grand plans and efforts -
with the curiosity necessary
to adjust course
when led in love, and leisure.
We should all be so lucky.
