Pink Tinsel

Pink Tinsel            12/15/2015

It doesn’t make any sense

But here we are anyway

An irregular bunch of misfits

Star crossed

And hung together. 

Plucked out

Of where we were

And thrown into the fire

Burned down to nothing

And rising from the ashes.

Life is short

But we have today

And love is precious

So let’s live it anyway.  

The truth sparkles

In my glass

Bigger than me

And bigger than life.

Let it breathe

And let it live

Refreshing every molecule

From the inside out.

Glitter becomes stardust

And tinsel drips

Like ice cycles

Precious as a snowflake

Suspended in a dream. 

Words have power

And they have killed me

Many times

But today let them fall

Shinning like jewels.

Reflecting everything we are

Or ever hope to be

In a sheer blast of beauty

Authentic, original,

And free.