Moments

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Moments

There are moments

that take my breath away

in surprise,

delicious, fleeting joy

gone so quickly

I can’t recapture

details.

There are moments

that stick with me

well beyond the time

I want them,

but they are etched reminders

for future days.

There are moments

I cling to and push away

all at once,

bittersweet,

for they hold times

and people

I’ve lost

but can’t let go.

There are moments

so still

I’m afraid to breathe,

as it might break

the spell,

and I’d never see

the next,

never know

the secret.

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Starting Over

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Starting Over 

I am starting over
as I started over
many times before.
I am starting over
every day
as I find new facets,
undiscovered till now.
I am starting over,
not so much looking for who I am or
what to be,
but opening myself
to any possibility.
I am starting over
not because I don’t like
who I am,
But because I’m excited
to know
who I can be.
Every changing,
ever growing,
always open,
I am starting over
every
single
day.

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There you were!

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There you were!
As unexpected as the act of a prankster.
As warm and kind as a soft spring day.

Were you as surprised as I was?
I suspect you were.
There was just no way
you could have known any more than I did
what would be there.

Whatever, it was, I’m glad it was.
You were there!

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