Illuminated Branches

Inexplicably near you

is the answer.

Blessed are you when

you see it, finally, just

sitting there building

up light, the kind you

prayed for, ran door

to door searching for

without ever realizing

how the universe always

circles back on itself with

sudden, expansive clarity.

May you have the courage

to believe your discovery

of coming to the end

of a long path you 

followed to completion.

May you sit with the grief

of knowing this truth will 

disappoint people you love.

May you feel the release 

of expectations, the influx

of fresh energy absorbing 

into a reorientation that stars, 

trees, and other unbiased

voices kept whispering.

You gave what you had to give,

loved who you were meant to

love. Now you can turn.