Let it Unfold, Unfurl, Unwind 

Let life show you it’s face 

You show life yours 

Your face, your textures, tones, sounds 

Let life’s path fall beneath your feet as you 

Both follow and lead it’s direction 

Watch the flag unfurl 

Watch the signs play out 

Watch your change of direction 

Change the colors, the anthem playing 

Watch the way your interactions 

Move the world 

The way you can relax  

Into the air, the feelings, the mood 

Of the world 

Of your soul 

Of your pain 

Of your joy 

Of magic 

And tragedy 

Relax into it all 

Without giving up your choice 

Your bravery 

Your voice 

Take up the space you live in 

While you relax into 

The space that isn’t yours 

And feel the way you interact 

It isn’t for you to change the world 

To change everything with your control 

It isn’t for you to accept without any action 

It isn’t for you to know everything before it happens 

Or never to know because you are hiding 

It is simply for you to learn to enjoy  

To see with your eyes 

Your energy 

Your love 

Your blindness 

As I head into this remarkable year of aging 

I celebrate both knowing and not knowing 

Anything more about life than I do 

I celebrate both leaning in and letting go 

I celebrate the way I can feel both light and dark 

Both sure and unsteady 

Both confident and insecure 

Both wild and innocent 

Both melding 

Conjoining 

Into what I am 

What I live 

What I breathe 

This year I celebrate each day the path 

I have walked and leapt and army crawled 

And I, with great joy 

Tell myself 

With wisdom that comes only with 

Living and scars and time 

Let it Unfurl 

Watch it Unfold 

And never let your Soul  

Deny its place on the stage. 

To you today 

To love 

To life 

As always. 

CC