and on this particular day –

in – just this same spot –

you –

i –

did engage in life;

day,

sun,

moon,

dawn – all shared experiences –

beneath the same sky…

holding here –

in these trembling hands –

(insecure most definitely wins over self-control),

all of the nothing,

even remotely – un-acceptable gift –

(when all you have to offer is less than sky,

too faint for blue…)

i have found –

over time –

that life – my life –

is not defined by the things that happen to me –

but more,

how i react to them.

i take a moment –

today –

wrap my brain around the inevitable truth:

life (the process),

is (unequivocally),

most –

awesome!

(there shall be no compromise!).