i will look back and call this era of my life the great expansion —
the great expansion of my mind, once starved and eating of itself, now nourished beyond belief. you cannot spell university without universe, it is like the whole universe has opened up to me. a period of discovery, of self and science alike.
the great expansion of my heart. my heart: one star amongst the many, constellations lit like wildfire — oh, the connections, oh, the loving connections forged this past year. my lifeblood.
and the great expansion physically, outward, a foray into the world, moving out of home, the second birth that happens in early adulthood. home, the womb — i have taken my second first breath.
THE CLOSET MYSTIC 