If these were silent

 

A bird in flight

A name at just the right angle

Sunshine spraying across the floor through a slit in the curtains

You're here you're here you're here

Rocks and birds and light and words

Cry out

Longing, comfort

Kachi and Pascal are best friends. I'm drinking my morning coffee and I can hear Kachi helping Pascal get dressed. "Put your arms up," he coaches him, "you're doing it!" 

Last night at bedtime Pascal suddenly sits up in bed and sighs, "I'm so tired of waiting for love to come."

And I was kind of just frozen because it's rather arresting to hear the longing of your heart crystallized by a  4 year old.  

But Kachi climbs into Pascal's bed and wraps his arms around him and gives him a kiss and says "love is already here, Pascal, you don't have to wait."  And Pascal curls into him.

And I feel like all the ache and comfort in the world is summed up in those two sentences.

All the best in 2021, my friends. When your heart is longing for love, may you find it already there.

Xo.