New babes cry and tiny seeds take root.
Puddle jumping. Yellow umbrella falling.
Bursts of sunshine bring forth second chances.
Breathe deeply. Become one with nature.

Thunder crackles and lightning sweeps
you back to hot nights where the music
pumped through your bodies as you danced
on rooftops against an orange sky.

Crisp air and screaming lungs
remind you to take the bitter
with the sweet. Long walks
in golden hills and warm spirits
help to ease the inevitable pain
as days grow shorter, your heart darker.

The world lay silent, blanketed
in layers of snow and sorrow.
Push through the nightmares
eating you up and rise up from
the ashes that are your despair
and find yourself a heaven
you’re still not sure exists.