a year is an arbitrary circling
of a life-bearing planet around
an ordinary sun
goodness & hope
kindness & freedom
may also seem arbitrary
but they are the way
we humans take our form
in the void
we are creatures in the dark
who make love &
meaning
unhearable though our voices
may be, we are calling out to God,
communicating to the nameless
with light
with every passing year,
we give ourselves permission
to go on, hugging
& wishing each other
well
we have been given
a limitless creation
& the power to
dream
let us imagine
walking on rainbows
between stars