Celebrate

There is so much I want to say…

so much I need to say.

But I can’t say it all today.

Because you don’t have that much time.

Still

It’s that time of year.

Just like 1992…

every sound, texture, and breath

it is that moment

I know my soul

it’s all there -

quietly recorded in

every cell of my body -

I didn’t participate

in research …

I am research

Living and breathing

And

29 years ago we had an

early Christmas -

left home for Milwaukee, WI

towards my only future

one that didn’t even exist yet

in St. Louis -

I can’t remember

more pain or agony

just being

was excruciating

and so

I will pick this up, again -

tomorrow

AMEN