For You

This day your birth day:
go play
if you dare
go play
in the world all day

go play
with the ones you scream with
go play
in that mind you dream with

go play
until you are panting
just like that dog
who does all that chanting

go play
within the work that calls
go play
not caring when that heart stalls

go play
aware that a birth changes the world
go play
demanding that earth sing like a bird

stop now.
look very closely to your heart,
your gifts
and this reason you exist

- mailed to Illinois this week -
photo by EAG