see newborn green trees
smiling sunny landscapes bloom
colorful flowers


Shell ✨🐚

With the first breath,
         a Cry!
     With the last breath,
            a Sigh.
         With all in between,
                  a Why?

How many day ones
Does it take to change a lightbulb?

I can never promise
          
             to never hurt you

but I can vow

             to never leave you

and live my life in such a way
        
              that you will hurt

to not stay

I’m so tired I could drop
But I mustn’t go to sleep.
Vicious dreams are hiding
Just behind my pillowcase,
Waiting for the perfect time
To tell me I’m inadequate
And guilty of egregious sins
That doom my frantic efforts
To create a perfect life
And move across humanity
In ways that make things better.
ljm

A path is seen
for the first time in life.
It is where I am me.
It is where I thrive
It is where I feel alive.
It is where I belong.