Today I worshipped
at the alter of the sun–
not to her,
but alongside her-
as she arched with graceful swiftness
and spun golden
light across your skies.
Each morning she realizes
she is living
on not borrowed, but gifted time
and so doesn't waste a moment in
hesitation or confusion
Her purpose, clear, to shine
to illuminate all in the world
that is
-the active verb of being-
To show you all that lives,
bear witness to it.
I could take a lesson from this bright
unencumbered one,
latch fearlessly onto my gifts
and see them grow into a calling,
one worth facing daily
with gentle ferocity and
illumination eyes.
