Day: September 21, 2012

Taylor is Todd Mason’s daughter and she loves to come along when fences are built. I gave her a copy of “Lenore Finds A Friend,” and I loved watching her read it.

For those of you, like me, who know the dark hours and the sleepless nights,

a message for you.

I love you, dear people,

you are my heart, my friends, my tribe, my shadows,

the shape around the corner.

and I see that you love me too,

my brothers, my sisters.

I am a mirror of you, and you of me, the work of the writer,

the work of the artist, our gift to the world

i speak to you, you speak to me,

I know you, you know me,

for so long I ran from you, hid from you,

was anything but you, but life has been so good to me,

it has taught me some of the lessons of the world, of life,

at long last,

and I know now that we are the same thing,

and our work together is now so clear, so rich,

so bright, so restful.

Every day, I come out of the darkness and into the light,

every morning, my life’s work, and I meet you there, and you meet me,

in our our beautiful and wondrous dance. The gift of the darkness is light,

the gift of sleeplessness is rest, I will get there, you will get there,

and we will meet every day when the night meets the sun, and we awaken

to our true life.

and never surrender to the darkness or abandon our hopes,

and one day cross to the safety of our dreams and courage.

see you there.

(Inspired by Brooke. Thanks, Brooke.)