### thank you 

thank you for being here

thank you for your survival

thank you for your expression

thank you for trying, i know you are

trying

thank you for seeking pleasure

thank you for seeking to understand

thank you for describing your world and

thank you for being curious about ours

thank you for imagining us towards new worlds

thank you for living

thank you for living

thank you for articulating justice and expansive love

thank you for wiggling !

thank you for your laughter

thank you for your experiments, like when you

replaced the bed with the futon, like when you

reached for the harmonies, like when you

rode the longest bus to see us, thank you for that and when you

forgave, and when you

stay alive, and when you

left school and when you

returned, and when you 

dyed it red and when you

are here, and your hair is so long now and you are 

here, and we love the

here, with you, and every day i 

consider the gift of being 

here, with you, and thank you for being 

here, whatever that means, in whatever way because however it

feels, the thing is that you're here to 

feel it and that is 

everything and if that doesn't 

ring true i just really really

hope you enjoyed your cake