It’s my birthday!The big one-twoI’m ALMOST a teenager how do you feel about that Mum?Do you feel OLD now?Next year I’ll be a moody teenagerJust like you wereJust like my aunt wasJust like my sister will be One more year of being your little girl But I’ve started secondary school now So maybe I’m not that little.I blow out each candle separately on my blue birthday cake Drawing it out As Long As...

With a fire in my soft bellied seven year old bodyI was freely about to overflow. A brilliant light, brimming source of loveTo myself and to allAll I touched, all I was and allI could be. Could do. Could seeFull of fullness. I delighted in everything I did not need simply because I did not need anything from anyone at allOh, how my own soul was enough to singFilling the sound of the secluded sm...