The edge
     gap or bridge
     both/and

Birth Day
Something you and I will forever share 

I can be your
crevice
hold
rope
carbon steel carabiner
ladder
scaffold
balloon
airplane
helping hand

Whatever is needed for you to fly –

To the Next

Sometimes I will sit quietly, listen, dry your tears
Sometimes I will still nag  (I promise)

To get you to the other side 

But your wings are of your own design, attached to you, yours alone.
Beautiful, Confident, Capable, Ferocious – deep garnet red with obsidian
galactic sparkles, cerulean edging, and an iridescent emerald green sheen.
Each feather a scar, a story, a desire, a laugh, a pirate’s song, a possibility. 

Packed with all you need for the trip. 

You go on ahead.

Photo Credit Renée Ricciardi.

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