On the Day You Arrived
That day,
when I asked—quietly—
for peace,
a reply came
not in thunder,
but in your breath.
No trumpet.
No sign.
Only your eyes—
new,
open,
like light finding its way
through water.
How can I thank
the kindness that
let you happen here?
You came
already knowing
how to calm a heart
by being held.
We named you Arian,
but the sky had whispered it
once,
softly,
before we did.
And now,
each time I see...
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