Dear Gabe,
I wish I could give you a hug that will make you feel all the love of the universe...all the love you deserve.
Love, Paola
Dear Paola,
I feel all that love. I feel it, now. Thank you. Your wish carries a promise of future benefits not only for me, but hopefully a pay-it-forward to anyone feeling like I once did. Your message needs to be shouted from rooftops and carried throughout the world because there are so many in need of it.
I remember when I didn’t understand that kind of love, and one of the sentiments of your note that stood out to me was “all the love of the universe”… I hope it’s okay because it inspired me to write a poem. So, for you, Paola:
Constellations
By Gabe Daniels
We are stars,
Swallowed by bruises,
Hidden in fractured hearts and lonely thoughts,
But shooting stars
Trailing stardust
Leave guiding paths to light a way.
We venture across the purple-blue sky—
Tentative—
Finding other stars
Burning bright, reaching
Arms filled with Light and Love.
Though a bruised sky swallows
A single star,
Together, a constellation,
Shines love to divide
The purple-blue sky.
And the Sun rises.
Thank you so much for your Inspiration and warmest regards,
