Please,
pause,
for a moment –
and celebrate!
You made it!
You succeeded!
In spite of so-called “fate”.
You’ve sailed oceans of hope and love
and climbed mountains of doubt and fear,
and now you’ve surely arrived:
You – are – here!
But wait.
Before you laugh and snort, “so what?!”
Step up,
and breathe,
and take a grateful bow!
For ’til you know
you’re here –
you’ll be lost in the void
‘tween “where?” and “how?”
Take heart
and know
you are here –
right now –
in the only space that matters.
Step up,
and take a bow!