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a poem for my son's 4th birthday

a poem for my son's 4th birthday

a free poetry reading in celebration of Kai

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Jun 03, 2022
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thank you for being here! shadow & soul is a reader-supported publication. to access special content like weekly poetry readings, please consider becoming a paid subscriber today. your financial support helps me continue to create poetry, essays, and podcasts.

I need you to know
that you are poetry
and starshine. I need
you to know that you
are freshly made clay,
crack-less and still
forming. I need you
to know that you are
a miracle. I need you
to know that you are
the answer to a prayer
uttered in someone
else's darkest times.

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