The Gift

from TIMBRELS AND TORAHS:

I WILL NOT LIVE AN UNLIVED LIFE.
I WILL NOT LIVE IN FEAR OF FALLING OR CATCHING FIRE.
I CHOOSE TO INHABIT MY DAYS,
TO ALLOW MY LIVING TO OPEN ME,
TO MAKE ME LESS AFRAID,
MORE ACCESSIBLE:
TO LOOSEN MY HEART
UNTIL IT BECOMES A WING,
A TORCH, A PROMISE.

I CHOOSE TO RISK MY SIGNIFICANCE.
TO LIVE SO THAT WHICH CAME TO ME AS SEED
GOES ON TO THE NEXT AS BLOSSOM;
AND THAT WHICH CAME TO ME AS BLOSSOM, GOES ON AS FRUIT.

—ANON