SUNSHINE AURA – self-esteem. self-love. self-actualization. 

Long, hot nights that lasted an eternity

Scorching days by the water, my serenity

Adventures finding crawdads by the creek

Blissful and curious each day of the week

Waking with the sun and birdsong

Clueless how it’d all one day go wrong

Lying on my tummy in the tall grass

Never a care to check the forecast

Some days I wish I could rewind

Go back, press pause at that time

Either to just feel the joy of a summer day

Or warn myself of darkness coming, to stay away

I don’t have all the answers or reasons

Despite all that’s happened over the seasons

I can only grab a coat and hope for the best

Prepare in ways I can, and forget the rest

Still some days I wake a bit sad

Think of all the times I wish I had

Said yes instead of no

Stepped aside, let myself grow

I’m learning to accept

There are always things I won’t know

Can’t know, only after the fact will know

But I’ll never stop asking

Where did all the butterflies go?