P.s.: Just wanted to show up in your inbox another time this week.
Thank you for celebrating with me!
Re/member
Remember the third day of August,
a day when many stars are born,
just like any other day.
Remember this day of summer
for it will be gone
just like I will be gone
though I don’t know when.
I’m not under any illusion
of my humanity — birthdays and dying
go hand-in-hand, a year further
from my starting point is a year closer
to the finishing line.
Personal to universal,
the inevitable.
If you outlive me,
celebrate my birth, will you?
Rejoice, that I once burned on Earth.
Celebrate the life I was gifted,
all that was brought with me and passed
along — the pleasure
and the pain
and the love.
Re/member 3rd August,
A day this star was born.
May my light be your company.
