gift arriving with the darkness

a suffering story, to make meaning telling truths

their thin line of connection to place, love, a path

protection in rising strength, survival in honesty

we affect each other, each, an other to many

when might my story serve you, or cause harm

where can I receive your survival, know its trace

the young ones, they are building their way now

are we with them, enough in the present, to hear

if a story is for me, it will find me

if my story is for you, you will ask, wait, listen

we will be placed together, moment, time, trust

a journey, an entering, a now always arriving

writing to be received while waiting on a listener

never to know, might distance remain

I will not chase sunrise sunset, it chases me

to meet myself in darkness, awakened to dream

morning is a moment, to lift, to love, to grieve

grateful, emerging, nourished for another day

for whatever I am invited to offer and receive