Maverick-14

I awake, as usual, into pre dawn light where early sunshine warms my skin. Even in this moment of beauty the thought of you creates the smile on my face. You are the first thought that enters my mind most days, but you have never been or likely never will be mine. I have been to long broken to ever fit into another's world and know my path is alone. I no longer fear this path and wish I had found it sooner. But the shortening of this path would have meant not meeting you and finding my inner smile, finally. So I lay here, with warmth from the sun feeding my body and your memories feeding my soul, fully content in the moment. I know not what the future holds nor would I want to for not knowing has created a better version of me today. A version that knows how to smile every day at least once, to laugh every day at least twice and to not worry if neither happen. To understand happiness and fullness within and to appreciate the moment. To understand it's OK to not be alright for how do we