laughing moonlight

dear cora––

it’s your birthday &
we’re traveling between
worlds

where day & night forget to
sleep & time
dissolves.

the crazy angels
brought you into my
searching life with your
laughing moonlight.

you walked with me
through the shadows of
death & our hearts
burst open in the pleasure of
the loving sun.

here & now
no longer matter
for inside us is a
green & gentle
place

where every
breath laughs
happily ever
after.