A New Beginning

In this new day I wish you a full deep breath

Eyes sleepily opening onto a fresh morning

I wish you stars and flowers and peppermint creams

I wish you would love yourself as much as I love you

I wish to hold your hand for eternity

As we teach ourselves to sing and dance happily

I wish for apple trees and summer skies

Ice cream and salty waves

I wish not for more days, but better days

Minutes gladly spent not endured

Mostly, in our new beginning, I hope we learn how to forgive ourselves-

And love our individual lives as much as we love one another.