Today I woke up.

I stretched my arms,

brushed my teeth.

Just as I did every morning.

Except, something was different today.

I opened the foggy window

and took a look outside.

Little birds soared together,

through the charming blue sky. 

Something was different.

I was not sure why,

but I felt like a whole new person.

Like someone who could not be pushed around,

someone who was ready 

for whatever the day brought,

someone who was fearless.

I smile at myself in the mirror

as I brush my hair.

Something was different.

It was just a gut feeling.

I was happy.

So happy, in fact,

I could burst.

I ran outside and laid down in the summer grass, 

which was still dotted with dew drops.

Because why not?

I hadn't bothered to put on my shoes,

and suffocate my feet.

No.

Today, I would be boundless.

Dragon wandered through the forest,

Smiling at his bouquet

Full of bluebells and daisies,

But sighed as he remembered

It was forever incomplete.

I wish I didn’t have wings

That get tangled up in thorns

Whenever I try to pick

A rose,

He said to himself

And the moss-covered rocks.

I can help you with that,

Said a voice from the trees,

And out stumbled Dino,

Who walked into the tangles

Of rose bush and came out

With a perfect little blossom

For Dragon’s bouquet.

And so the two spent days

Wandering through meadows

And sun-soaked swimming holes,

Where Dragon sprayed rainbows

With his wings,

And they laughed and chased fireflies

That shone with their newfound hope.

But one day,

As they sat perched atop a hill

Overlooking the sea,

Dino said,

If only I had wings,

And remembering the roses,

Dragon lifted him up

To fly through the sky,

Endless blue with friendship

Glimmering along with the sun.

Little did they know,

They had both

Already been soaring.

When I was younger, I was

friends with her son

They moved a lot, especially after

The divorce

But we still made time to see each other

We grew apart but

She was the one who stopped me from being electrocuted

By a flickering light bulb

That looked fun

To touch

She was the one who helped me build

The Lego house

While her son napped

On the

Fluffy couch

I saw her just before it happened too

She was in her blue Subaru driving

Down my road to a nanny gig

She waved happily at me

Long curly hair flying in the wind

She drove on before I could say anything

I should have asked her…

Everything

For she knew so much about me

And I so little about her

Why do the worst things always happen

To the

Best people?

To the people with young children

To the people who saved your life from that flickering light bulb when you were just eight

You are not forgotten