Day 30 – A Wish

I hope your soul is nourished 

I hope the cool air is good to you

I hope you cry

If you need to

I hope you smile loudly

Take up the space you need to

And I hope the love you give 

Finds you back.

Day 29 – To Jack

Sometimes I think it’s good to remember 

The world is a big place

And there is always space

To start over. 

Day 28 – Left Me

Somehow my hair still smells like sunshine 

In the dead of winter

And I wonder 

If I ever needed to worry if the light had left me,

At all. 

Day 27 – Rain Checks

I realize today I always plan for rain

To be pleasantly surprised by sunshine 

I’ve spent days outside in the torrents and the glare, 

The hurt and the healing both in downpour and sunburn, 

And I know,

A little April water won’t hurt me – What doesn’t kill me I can choose to make a me stronger. 

Day 26 – Carnations

My mother doesn’t like tributes 

Or celebrations 

She’ll take her carnations because she’s allergic to the big bouquets of lilies in the market and carefully cut the stems on diagonal 

Trim the leaves and find a vase tall enough but not too tall to hold the water 

And under her hands, we bloom.