because nothing (and no one)
belongs to you.
You have your life,
a couple thousand weeks
(if lucky),
and that’s it.
That’s all you get.
The time that you spend with
your partner,
your friends,
your family?
Even less.
Be gentle.
Even though nothing lasts forever,
both hurt and kindness
last a long time.
Choose kindness.
Don’t be afraid, or let anger deceive.
There is time (don’t rush),
there is space (don’t push),
there is hope (don’t force).
It is enough.
I hope that when you touch a soul
the touch they feel is gentle.
The sun first glows with gemstone hues
dressed in dawn’s dark mantle.
(Love alights so lightly.)
I hope you know all you control
is only who you are.
What choice they make,
what fate’s at stake,
alas, that is too far.
So trust, have faith,
let hope take rein
and yield by self-control.
Let gentle soul meet gentle soul
on paths that two may stroll.
🩷🌧️✨
Image of Pandora charms on a bracelet, mine.
Jarrod co-bought me a swallow, crescent moon, cubic zirconia medallion charm
and the back is inscribed dum vita est spes est (when life is, hope is).
