Welcome Back To Your Life

I see your face

as you walk my way

and I can't help

but smile

because your face

isn't like any other

and today

isn't like any other

because I am here

with you. 

It's been a while

but you've made it through,

walked on fire

and reached the other side

of a life

you didn't think 

had another side

because you couldn't see

anything you wanted

beyond what you wanted

right now. 

But I knew better - 

I've been there too - 

and here we are

on the same side

staring eye to eye

at everything new

and our wasted youth

we've left behind. 

I knew you were better

and now you do too. 

Do you see it - 

the silver lining

and crystalline horizon

waiting for you?

We embrace the moment

and each other

for just one breath

and then you're gone - 

off to wander

the world

with new eyes

and a smile

I haven't seen 

since you were a child

of eight or nine, 

before the hurricane

of your life

washed you out to sea. 

How good it feels

to know

you are no longer

aimlessly wandering,

but moving about the world

engaged

and ready to learn.