Strange Breakthrough Day (anniversary)

​Today is the day a change comes your way
In the form of a scream or a soft spoken "hey."
A flash on your phone, a knock on the door.
Keep your mind open to receive what's in store.
Oh, if only you knew, my fine feathered friend
how long we've been waiting for the old story to end.

So hold your thoughts still like you're holding your breath
and don't worry if it feels a little like death.
For today is the day a breakthrough is made
when all the old patterns are peacefully laid
to rest in the fields where things go to die,
you laugh and you cry as you wave them goodbye
and all of those things that once felt intense
no longer seem big, or even make sense.
What used to seem daunting's a fun little quest.
Words that once stung are now taken in jest.

The release of your tears burst open the doors
as a river that flows to wondrous new shores
and the momentum is held in the form of a wave
that not even the stubbornest of thoughts can evade.
As you reach the end of this strange breakthrough day
it's the start of a life that's true to you in every way.

~ May 6, 2015