If She Could See Me Now

There’s a calm that settles Not all at once, but slowly Like sunlight through water, Soft, deliberate, sure. I used to reach so far ahead I forgot the miracle beneath my feet. Now I sit with the moment, Let it wrap itself around me like warm wind There’s a holiness in the mundane, A sacredness in slow breath, And I have learnt, finally, To love what is here Instead of grasping at what was Or might be. I walk roads I once feared, Hand in hand with who I am now. And in the mirror, I see her, That little girl with sun-drenched hopes And if she could see me now No, when she sees me now, She’d know: The monsters never won, The sky really was waiting, And that aching in her chest Grew into wings This life, right here, Despite its cracked mugs Quiet victories emerge With its peace wrapped in imperfection This is what she longed for. She'd whisper through time, "We made it, didn’t we?" And I’d answer back, "Yes. And it’s more than alright. It’s everything we dreamed it could be."