may your eyes stay soft and your smiles easy
and may stars spin in your eyes
(even when it rains pebbles)
it is not always easy i know -
but open your lungs
be not afraid to fall so your wings will unfold;
and as light pours through you
you will ascend:
with vulnerability you become strong
shed your shield and spread your palms
cradle the sunrise until the leaf turns;
may light find your heart -
and the night the moon stark.
