Happiness After

 A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

All summer,

rooms closed— warm hopes cooled

by shadow and doubt. My smile lost for weeks

like missing keys; And life itself,

late, and shut out.

But today:

a window opened sun wakes the heart

from its rest. Happiness,

sudden and golden, -

- reminds the spirit

how to forget: age, endings, and

all that has passed—

- to travel forward,

a guest of possibility— young, at last!

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia