Through these many months
life has shown me great circles
with varying degrees of
(but never no) shared space:

isolation & communion
gratitude & grief
past lovers & present friends
those who make me laugh & those who let me cry
ways to wake up & ways to fall asleep
old sorrows & new joys
prayers answered & wants forsaken
things I've done & things I still must do
on this list goes on
this list goes...

I could've never planned the overlaps.
The beautiful grays that matter still.
But in a year with no end,
I have found great lightness in beginnings.