Thank you

I talk with myself sometimes

This morning

I say to myself

This would be a long journey

Without knowing me

I don’t

Even

Want to imagine

The loneliness and despair

Of this

Thank you

Thank you Thank you

To all of my Teachers

Friends, protectors

Who continue

To remind and comfort me

And to myself

For showing up

My sweet, sweet, grand puppy, Katy, who has had so much sorrow in her life but still believes that there is good