Revived, respected, renewed…
A middle-aged woman, often feeling like she’s twelve years old…
Survived, surprised, simplified…
A little girl, arms crossed, bottom lip pouted out as far as it will go…
Overjoyed, overwhelmed, overworked…
A teenaged drama queen, shrinking inside of herself at every turn…
Free, feeling, fired-up…
A person surrendered completely and yearning to learn…
Enlightened, enshrined, esteemed…
All of them,
there,
deep in my heart,
faced by the world
together.