alive again (still)

we will help you shape the soggy clay of these days
into an image you can place on the mantle of your heart . . .
i want to claim joy for you, but i know you must hold it
in your own two hands.
until then, i will keep holding the flashlight while you search.

{ words from friends, my stars in the west }

i want to thank all of you for making the marking of this next year of my life so extraordinary. bonjour et merci to all of you who have been sent here by the noisy plume; your bright comments and wishes of joy have been unexpected rays of light in my eyes. i'm squinting into your kindness and feeling its warmth on the face of my heart.

thank you L for something to open every day last week; thank you D for a surprise apple cake; thank you A for the timeliest "Hope Springs Eternal" necklace; thank you C&K for buying my flautas. thank you, stars of my west coast for Hold(ing) Fast to me, my beauty, my hopes, and my dreams while i had not the strength to grip them myself. thank you J for your silver soul and for all the blessed turquoise stones you have thrown in the fountain of my heart.




and finally . . . thank you OPI for making this color (Done Out in Deco, if you must know). it's currently helping me to continue reclaiming this month for myself. this is the year of finding myself again, which means this is the year of all things purple. fevrier pour eternite . . .

thank you again and again.
she.

photo: she || by she