The Light That Floats With Me

She drifts beside me softly, in her little globe of rain. Pink as dawn

on still water, not afraid of all my pain. She blinks like she's been here

forever, like she's known me all along. And when the forest falters,

she hums her little song. She says, "You don't need armor.

You don't need to be the tough one, see? You're allowed your

trembling. I'll keep you company." And every time I lose my

way or forget what home could be, she shines the little light

that floats with me. She carries all her water like a heart