August 2023 – Page 2 – Picking Up Roots

Star

I am for you
in all that you do,
your star
shines the brightest
of the diamonds of this sky,

I look forward
to your continued rise,
I am behind you,
I am with you
as you brighten the world

Old Days

I was not then
who I am now;
those old days -
difficult
though they might have been -
have made me
the person standing before you
today;

memories of my missteps
sting my mind,
still,
I cannot stop
feeling grateful
for those days
whose pains
made me
who I am today:
incomplete,
yet trying
to be better

Beginnings

a struggle to begin,
a question
of where to start;

where is the world,
start there

the place is not ideal

begin there anyway,
meet the world
where it is,

the search for the perfect time and place
will lead to a lifetime
of empty dreams